Building Caregiver Skills Using a Simulation-based Intervention for Care of Head and Neck Cancer

The intervention will be delivered by a radiation oncology nurse. Each of the four in-person sessions consists of approximately 30 minutes of educational content/simulation that addresses a specific caregiving topic and any issues or concerns that the caregiver may be experiencing.

Radiation Oncology Nurse will hand participant the NCI booklet

written, qualitative assessments of areas including depression and anxiety, caregiver self-efficacy, care-giver self efficacy for head and neck cancer, health-related quality of life, patient performance status, demographics, and medical history.

A structured series of open-ended questions will be used during a telephone interview with participants at four weeks post radiation treatment.