• Dulce M Cruz-Oliver, Abshire SaylorMarthaMJohns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Katie E Nelson, Gabrielle E Milner, Marcela D Blinka, Nowell Durkin, Chakra Budhathoki, Debra Parker-Oliver, and Thomas J Smith.
• Section of Palliative Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• J Palliat Med. 2022 Jun 1; 25 (6): 945951945-951.

AbstractBackground: Telenovelas show significant promise as a mode of education that could potentially enhance hospice family caregivers' (HFCG) ability to manage distress or pain for themselves and the care recipient. Objectives: We sought to understand HFCGs' perceived benefits and challenges of NOVELA using the Levels of Kirkpatrick as a conceptual framework. Setting/Subjects: HFCGs from two hospices in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Measurements: Semistructured interviews were conducted to understand perceptions of HFCGs on the benefits and challenges of the NOVELA intervention. Results: Participants (N = 20) in our study were mainly homebound, well educated, White female, and adult children of people with advanced cancer who reported mild anxiety and moderate self-efficacy at baseline. Three unique themes were identified: acceptability of NOVELA, usability and relevance of NOVELA, and the effect of NOVELA. According to our conceptual model, the intervention positively affects all three adult learning categories: reaction, learning, and behavior. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that HFCGs support the proposed NOVELA intervention and it appears to be an acceptable educational tool during hospice care (NCT04533594).

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