| Study |
Gustafson 2019 |
| TIDieR item |
Experimental intervention |
Control intervention |
| BRIEF NAME |
D‐CHESS (Dementia–Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System). |
Caregiving booklet. |
| WHY |
D‐CHESS was designed to help with motivation, decision making, stress reduction, and access to services by allowing caregivers to obtain information and support without concern for location, distance, time, confidentiality, or education. |
No described. |
|
WHAT materials |
Website. Participants were also offered the use of three commercially available sensors: a Bluetooth tracker, a GPS location tracker, and a motion sensor. The Bluetooth tracker would help locate lost items such as keys; the GPS location tracker could be carried by a patient, allowing the caregiver to monitor the patient’s location; and the motion sensor could be used to alert a caregiver if the patient entered specific areas of the home that could be hazardous. |
No applicable. |
| PROCEDURES |
This system offered detailed information about dementia, personal accounts of how other caregivers coped, descriptions and locations of services that caregivers may need, and links to vetted online resources. Users could anonymously pose questions to experts, receive suggestions of resources for help, communicate with other caregivers through facilitated discussion groups, and use decision aids to work through key issues. In addition, D‐CHESS services offer other elements proven effective in caregiver programs, such as assertive out‐reach, action planning, and peer and family support, as well as quality informational resources such as expert advice and vetted articles and websites. |
No described. |
|
WHO provided |
Whole intervention was over the Internet. |
No described. |
|
HOW delivered |
Online. |
Booklet. |
|
WHERE occurred |
At home. |
|
WHEN and HOW MUCH
|
The intervention group received access to the D‐CHESS website for 6 months. |
No applicable. |
| TAILORING |
Interventions were comprehensively designed, not tailored to cover individual or unmeet needs. |
| MODIFICATIONS |
None described. |
|
HOW WELL planned |
D‐CHESS automatically collected use data, including: number of participants logging on, number of page views, specific services used, discussion group posts, data input to decision aids, and private messages sent to the Alzheimer’s disease information specialist at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. |
No applicable. |
|
HOW WELL actual |
Overall, participants continued to access D‐CHESS throughout the study, with 100%, 50%, 71%, 71%, 57%, and 64% logging on during months 1 through 6, respectively. |
No applicable. |
