NCT03260608.
Methods | Randomised controlled trial |
Participants | Caregivers of patients with dementia |
Interventions | Title of the intervention: Telesupport psychoeducation and support Aim: No detail provided Interventionist(s): No detail provided Duration: Eight weeks Content: In addition to usual primary health care, participants will receive psychoeducational guidelines and support in the management of their relatives with dementia. They will have access to a number of phones to spontaneously contact specific guidelines during the eight weeks of intervention. Standardisation: No detail provided Comparison group: Control group with usual follow‐up at primary health care |
Outcomes | 1. Quality of life: WHOQoL 2. Burden: Zarit Burden Interview 3. Depression: Beck Depression Inventory 4. Anxiety: Beck Anxiety Inventory Data will be collected at week 9 and 18. |
Notes | More detail is required on the guidelines that participants in the intervention group will have access to during the intervention. Interventionists need to be identified. |
BCOS: Bakas caregiver outcomes scale CAFU: Caregiver assessment of function and upset scale CAT: Computerised tomography scan CBT: Cognitive behavioural therapy CES‐D: Center for epidemiological depression scale CHF‐PC: Comprehensive heartcare for patients and caregivers CSI: Caregiver strain index CYC:Charting your course DCM: Dementia care management ENABLE: Educate, nurture, advise, before life ends, comprehensive heartcare for patients and caregivers EPIC: Expanded prostate cancer index composite scale FITT: Family Intervention: telephone tracking HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale HCC: Home‐based continuing care HF: Heart failure HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus MBCB: Montgomery Borgatta caregiver burden scale MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging PA‐CST: Partner‐assisted coping skills training PCT: Palliative care team PHQ‐9: Patient health questionnaire‐9 PNC: Palliative care nurse coach POMs‐SF:Profile of mood states‐ short form PROMIS SF: Patient reported outcomes measurement information system short form PST:Problem‐solving training OEF:Operation enduring freedom OIF:Operation Iraqi freedom SE: Self‐efficacy TAPES: Telephone‐assisted pleasant‐event scheduling TAP‐VA: Tailored activity program ‐ Veterans Affairs TAU: Treatment as usual TBI: Traumatic brain injury VA: Veterans Affairs VAMC:Veterans Administration Medical Center YA: Youth adult WHOQoL: World health organisation quality of life