NCT02175953

Short-term Caregiver Psychotherapy

Psychotherapeutical Short-term Intervention for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rostock · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is to test the feasibility (pilot part) and efficacy (phase IIa part) of a specifically on the needs of caregivers of people with dementia composed new short-term psychotherapeutical intervention.

Detailed description

This prospective study will be offered to caregivers from the out patient clinic of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine of the University Rostock Medical Center. In a first pilot study with 10 participants without control group, we tested the feasability and acceptance of the program (completed 2/2015). From 4/2015 a phase IIa study started with 10 participants in the intervention group and 10 in the control groups (will be organized by waiting list). The program consists of two modules of caregiver education followed by ten psychotherapeutic group modules. Duration of each module is planned to be 90 minutes including a relaxation exercise at the end of each module. Primary outcomes are the feasibility, acceptance and the effect on caregiver burden.

Conditions

• Caregiver Burden of People With Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Psychotherapy	The program is designed for 10 participants and consists of two modules of caregiver education followed by ten psychotherapeutic group modules. The major overarching topics will be (i) caregiver´s emotional and physical limits, (ii) conscious and unconscious feelings and emotions towards the people with dementia and (iii) activation of caregivers´ social resources. Duration of each module is planned to be 90 minutes including a relaxation exercise at the end of each module.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2016-05-01
• First posted: 2014-06-26
• Last updated: 2016-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany