COMFORT Caregiver Intervention in Improving Communication and Reducing Distress in Caregivers of Patients With Lung Cancer

Inclusion Criteria:

Family caregivers will need to be the primary family caregiver as identified by the lung cancer patient (ten caregivers from each of the following cancer care continuum points will be recruited)
English-speaking

Cancer care continuum points are defined as follows:

Diagnosis: A lung cancer patient who has received diagnosis within the last 45 days but has not yet started treatment
Treatment: A lung cancer patients who has started initial treatment (chemotherapy, radiation, surgery) for diagnosis within the last 30 days, is actively receiving treatment, and has a prognosis of more than one year
Survivorship: A lung cancer patient who has completed treatment and who is clinically disease free at the time of caregiver enrollment to study
End of Life: A lung cancer patient who is estimated to have 6 months or less to live
All subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to participate in the informed consent process

Exclusion Criteria:

Research participants who do not speak or read English
Subjects, who in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study