NCT06700551

Mobile-Phone-Based Psychoeducation for Dementia Caregivers in Vietnam

Evaluating the Efficacy of Mobile-Phone-Based Psychoeducation Intervention on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Dementia Caregivers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 172 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nguyen Tran To Tran · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether a mobile phone-based psychoeducational intervention can reduce stress among caregivers of individuals with dementia in Vietnam. The primary research question is: Does the intervention reduce levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among participants? The secondary research question is: Does the intervention increase caregivers' knowledge about dementia, enhance social support, or reduce caregiver burden?

Detailed description

The study consists of two groups: an intervention group and a control group. Participants in the intervention group will receive psychoeducational content through the Zalo app on their mobile phones. Weekly, they will be provided with a topic related to dementia care, such as daily caregiving, fall prevention, pressure injury prevention and care, self-care, and coping as a caregiver. Levels of depression, anxiety, and stress will be assessed both before and after the intervention. In the control group, participants will continue receiving standard care.

Conditions

• Depression, Anxiety
• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Psychoeducation	Each week, the investigator will send participants one topic through the chat function on the Zalo app. Before receiving the topic, participants will vote on which topic they would like to learn about. The topics will be presented as videos and will cover the following seven areas: providing everyday care, being a caregiver, self-care, knowledge about dementia, fall prevention, pressure injury prevention and care, and managing behavior changes.They may ask questions related to providing dementia care or share their feelings via the chat on the Zalo app.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-26
• Primary completion: 2025-07-05
• Completion: 2025-07-05
• First posted: 2024-11-22
• Last updated: 2025-08-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Vietnam