NCT02397980

Intervention Programs for Decreasing Caregiver Burden in Caregivers of Patients With Dementia

A Multicenter, Randomized Trial to Assess Efficacy of Therapeutic Intervention Programs for Decreasing Caregiver Burden in Caregivers of Patients With Dementia

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if behavioral intervention for dementia caregivers will decrease caregiver burden in caregivers of patients with dementia. This multicenter, randomized trial will be conducted with 80 dementia caregivers, who will be randomized into two groups. One group consists of 40 participants who will receive behavioral intervention and 40 who will not receive intervention (waitlist control). The waitlist control group will be also provided the same intervention after the intervention group has completed the intervention. The behavioral intervention consists of 90-min-session a day with an interval of two weeks for 2 months. The primary outcome measures are the changes in scores of Zaret's Burden Inventory and Philadelphia Geriatric Center for Moral Scale (PGCMS).

Detailed description

This multicenter, randomized trial will be conducted with 80 dementia caregivers, who will be randomized into two groups. One group consists of 40 participants who will receive behavioral intervention and 40 who will not receive intervention (waitlist control). The waitlist control group will be also provided the same intervention after the intervention group has completed the intervention. The behavioral intervention consists of 90-min-session a day with an interval of two weeks for 2 months. The intervention program includes not only the knowledge of dementia and how to manage behavioral problems of patients with dementia but also individual psychological counselling about caregiver's distress. The primary outcome measures are the changes in scores of Zaret's Burden Inventory and Philadelphia Geriatric Center for Moral Scale (PGCMS). Secondary outcomes are changes in scores of neuropsychiatric inventory and Korean -instrumental Activities of Daily Living of patients as well as depression scores of caregivers.

Conditions

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral intervention	* What the dementia is * How to deal with behavioral problems in patients with dementia * How to manage caregiver's stress * How to care dementic patients as well as caregivers themselves

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2015-03-25
• Last updated: 2015-03-25