Connect Oncology Needs Evaluation Tool

Inclusion Criteria

• •For Caregivers:
• •Caregivers must be providing some capacity of informal (unpaid) care for a patient meeting patient eligibility criteria. If a patient unexpectedly becomes deceased during the study period, caregivers will be allowed to continue participation in the assigned study arm and complete study assessments if they wish to.
• •Caregivers must be \> 18 years of age, as this study is focused on the experience of adult patient-caregiver dyads.
• •For Patients:
• •Patients must have a current diagnosis of limited stage small cell or stage 1-4 nonsmall cell lung cancer.
• •Patients must be currently receiving or planning to receive treatment for their cancer at the time of enrollment. For patients receiving surgery, the eligibility timeframe will include 6 weeks following the date of surgery to account for the acute recovery period.
• •Patients must be ambulatory and up more than 50% of waking hours, as measured by an ECOG Performance Status rating of level 0, 1, or 2.
• •Patients must be \> 18 years of age, as this study is focused on the experience of adult patient-caregiver dyads.
• •Patients must be receiving some capacity of informal care from a caregiver meeting the above criteria. If the caregiver unexpectedly becomes deceased during the study period, the patient will be un-enrolled from this study as we are evaluating a caregiver-only delivered intervention.