10. TIDieR ‐ Gant 2007.

Study	Gant 2007
TIDieR item	Experimental intervention	Control intervention
BRIEF NAME	Video/workbook/telephone coaching condition.	Education/check‐in‐call condition.
WHY	No described.
WHAT materials	Caregivers in the video condition received a 10‐session video series, a workbook from the Dementia Caregiving Skills Program, and weekly telephone calls from a trained coach.	Participants received by mail a 37‐page booklet, Basic Dementia Care Guide and phone calls.
PROCEDURES	The intervention used primarily behavioural strategies: behavioural activation, behavioural management, and stress reduction through relaxation training. The workbook provided didactic and experimental materials to reinforce information presented in each video session. Participants received 12 weekly phone calls by trained research staff who served as coaches. The first 10 calls reinforced each of the video sessions, the last 2 calls served as follow‐up for further application of concepts. Coaches followed a coach manual that provided a script for reviewing didactic materials and assignments with caregivers, and for assisting them in the application of intervention concepts to their problems. During the coaching calls caregivers reported the specific behavioural strategies that they devised, written down, used, and evaluated, based on the behaviour management module that they learned to apply to their situations.	Intervention included information on dementia and suggestions for dealing with a variety of caregiving challenges. In a cover letter, procedures for maximizing the benefits of this educational booklet were provided. Caregivers then received approximately 7 biweekly telephone calls by a trained staff member. In these calls, the staff member checked on the safety of the caregiver and family member, discussed the caregiver’s use of the suggestions from the guide, and responded to questions by referring the caregiver to appropriate sections in the guide. A standardized script was used for calls to participants in this comparison condition.
WHO provided	Coaches following a coach manual.
HOW delivered	By telephone.
WHERE occurred	At home.
WHEN and HOW MUCH	12 weekly telephone calls.	7 bi‐weekly telephone calls.
TAILORING	Interventions were comprehensively designed, not tailored to cover individual or unmeet needs.
MODIFICATIONS	None described.
HOW WELL planned	No described.
HOW WELL actual	No described.