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A Daily-Activity-Focused, Strategy-Based Educational Programme for Informal Dementia Carers
Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Summary
This study will assess the impact of the Dementia Carer Education Programme on the caregiving burden of informal dementia carers. Ninety informal dementia carers along with their care-recipients will be recruited and randomised to the experimental and control groups. All recruited dementia carers in the experimental group will receive the Dementia Carer Education Programme and the control group will receive usual carer support, both including one face-to-face education session and four follow-up sessions over 7 weeks. Caregiving burden will be assessed after receiving the programme. Statistical analysis of caregiving burden will follow the intention-to-treat principle, employing paired t-tests and linear modelling.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
90
Start Date
2025-04-22
Completion Date
2027-06
Last Updated
2025-06-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Daily-Activity-Focused, Strategy-Based Educational Program
The proposed Educational Program will have one face-to-face education session and three follow-up telephone support sessions. Strategies to assist the people with dementia with daily activities, developed from our prior work, have been compiled into a Strategies Package. Healthcare professionals will deliver the program and work collaboratively with the carers to identify issues that arise during caregiving and problem-solve using the strategies included in the package. Carers are provided with support and are encouraged to locate an appropriate strategy using the Strategies Package to help them assist in a daily task in which they want their care recipient to engage.
Usual Carer support
This group will receive emotional support from trainers on the caring issues raised. It will include the same number of sessions as in the experimental group.
Locations (1)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong