Background: The increase of chronic diseases has reached an increase in the suffering of advanced diseases and an inability of health care systems to give access to the population that suffers them. In this context are people with advanced cancer who are in palliative care and the family caregivers. Uncertainty in illness in palliative care and quality of life are two concepts that are altered in the patient's family caregiver in palliative care. Objective: to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a nursing intervention to reduce the uncertainty in illness and improve the quality of life of family caregivers of patients with cancer in palliative care. Methodology: Phase II clinical trial, the ratio of recruitment, follow-up of participants as well as satisfaction with the intervention will be evaluated as primary outcomes. As secondary outcomes, the possible effect of the intervention on the uncertainty in illness and the quality of life of the family caregiver will be evaluated. This study will be carry out in a health care institution in Medellin-Colombia.
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Recruitment
Timeframe: This variable will be measured during the process of recruitment of participants in the study that will be during a period of six months.
Follow-up
Timeframe: this variable will be measured with the participants who complete the study, it will be measured with the participants after the intervention has finished within the framework of the study that will be six months.
Acceptability
Timeframe: this variable will be measured with the participants who complete the study in the intervention group. It will be measured after the intervention within the intervention group in the frame of execution of the study that will be six months.