Development of a Web-Based Peer Support Program for Family Caregivers of Ventilator-Assisted Individuals Living in the Community: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Marina B Wasilewski   ¹ , PhD ;   Mika Nonoyama   ² , PhD, RRT ;   Craig Dale   ¹ , PhD ;   Douglas A McKim   ³ , MD ;   Jeremy Road   ⁴ , MD ;   David Leasa   ⁵ , MD ;   Roger Goldstein   ⁶ , MD ;   Louise Rose   ^{1, 7, 8, 9} , PhD

¹ Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

³ Rehabilitation and Sleep Laboratory, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁴ The Lung Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁵ London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada

⁶ West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

⁸ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Prolonged Ventilation Weaning Centre, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada