NCT06359704

Intervention for Emotions in Caregivers of Dementia

Integrative Therapeutic Program to Regulate Expressed Emotions Among Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial: a Study Protocol

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-week Caregivers Of dementia Processing Emotions (COPE) program using the integrative therapy to reduce EE (primary outcome) in family caregiver of PLwD to alleviate the caregivers' depression, improve social dynamic with the PLwD, and mitigate the perceived stress from BPSD (secondary outcomes).

Detailed description

A dual-modal (face-to-face and online approaches), client-customized Caregivers Of dementia Processing Emotions (COPE) program can be developed to address EE in caregivers, such as (1) reduce caregivers' EE, (2) reduce caregivers' depressive symptoms, (3) reduce the behaviorally interactive social dynamic of maladaptation (i.e., dysfunctional dyadic relationship and quality of care), and (4) improve caregivers' perceived stress from PLwD's BPSD.

Conditions

• BPSD
• Expressed Emotion
• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Caregivers Of dementia Processing Emotions (COPE) program	a dual-modal (face-to-face and online approaches), client-customized Caregivers Of dementia Processing Emotions (COPE) program

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-01
• Primary completion: 2024-10-01
• Completion: 2025-02-01
• First posted: 2024-04-11
• Last updated: 2024-04-12