13. TIDieR ‐ Hayden 2012.

Study	Hayden 2012
TIDieR item	Experimental intervention		Control intervention
BRIEF NAME	The use of Internet technology for psychoeducation and support with dementia caregivers.		Customary care plus monthly brief telephone calls.
WHY	Data suggest that providing education, social support, and ongoing professional consultation to families involved in the care of a relative with Alzheimer’s disease results in improvement in caregiver psychological status, and sometimes even slows the functional decline of the patient.		No applicable.
WHAT materials	Customary care and access to an intensive, interactive online education and support website.		Customary care and telephone calls.
PROCEDURES	· Online education and support, provided by nine brief educational streaming videos, with brief written brochures, plus non‐compulsory weekly 1‐hour professionally hosted synchronous online chats to review the educational material and problem‐solving care issues, using the rest of the group as sources of feedback. Participants received weekly telephone and email reminders about the chat sessions. · Additional focus cantered on self‐care promotion via behavioural interventions and goal attainment scaling.	Active control condition involving supportive phone calls.
WHO provided	Geriatricians, a geriatric psychiatrist, clinical psychologists, a research sociologist, and master’s and bachelor’s level support staff. Both interventions were provided by the same team.
HOW delivered	Internet.		Telephone.
WHERE occurred	At home.
WHEN and HOW MUCH	6‐month interventions.
TAILORING	Interventions were comprehensively designed, not tailored to cover individual or unmeet needs.
MODIFICATIONS	None described.
HOW WELL planned	No described.
HOW WELL actual	Reports of technological challenges encountered by many of the participants as well as constraints due to VA resources and information security policies.