Trial reportBMC geriatrics2018
The "more at home with dementia" program: a randomized controlled study protocol to determine how caregiver training affects the well-being of patients and caregivers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Caregiver Dementia Training in Caregiver-Patient Dyads on Psychotropic Drug Prescription: A Randomized Controlled Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2021Trial
- Caregiver dementia training in caregiver-patient dyads: Process evaluation of a randomized controlled study.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Effects of caregiver dementia training in caregiver-patient dyads: A randomized controlled study.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2020Trial
- How both positive and burdensome caregiver experiences are associated with care recipient cognitive performance: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study of Caregiving.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A Psychosocial Intervention for Supporting Informal Caregivers of Older People With Alzheimer Disease: Protocol for the InnFamiglia Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- The MOMANT study, a caregiver support programme with activities at home for people with dementia: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Nursing procedures for advanced dementia: Traditional techniques versus autonomous robotic applications (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Review
- Cost-effectiveness of dementia training for caregivers in caregiver-patient dyads: A randomized controlled study.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2022Article
- A comparison of caregiver burden between long-term care and developmental disability family caregivers.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2021Article
- Informal caregivers and psychosocial support: Analysis of European Dementia Policy documents.Journal of public health research · 2021Article
- The need for psychological, caregiver-centered intervention in the time of COVID-19.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2021Article
- Towards sustainable implementation of music in daily care of people with dementia and their spouses.The Arts in psychotherapy · 2020Article
- Cost-Effectiveness and Effects of a Home-Based Exercise Intervention for Female Caregivers of Relatives with Dementia: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundCaring for people with dementia imposes heavy burdens on caregivers, especially spouses. This can lead to depression, anxiety, and physical symptoms in the caregiver, with early institutionalization for the patient. An Australian study reported that a residential caregiver training program delivered in medical settings could delay nursing home admission, lower mortality, reduce psychological morbidity in caregivers, and lower healthcare costs. In this replication study, we aim to determine the effectiveness of an adaptation of this program to non-medical settings in the Dutch health care system.
methodsA randomized controlled study design will be used, comparing an intervention group with a control group. The intervention will last for five days and will be delivered in either a holiday park or a bed and breakfast setting. The control group will receive care as usual. Data will be collected at baseline and after 3 and 6 months, and outcomes will be assessed in the caregiver group and in the dementia group. The primary outcome will be caregiver-related quality of life after 3 months. The main secondary outcome will be the neuropsychiatric symptoms in the dementia group. Secondary outcomes in the dementia group will be activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, use of health facilities, quality of life, agitation, dementia severity, and use of psychotropic medication. Secondary outcomes in the caregiver group will be the subjective and objective burdens, health and health care facility use, psychotropic medication use, depression, anxiety, and perseverance time. DISCUSSION: We anticipate that the outcomes will allow us to confirm the effectiveness of the intervention, and in turn, potentially inform the introduction of this program into care plans. It is also expected that the experiences and recommendations of participants will help us to develop the training program further.
trial registrationRegistered in the Netherlands Trial Register on March 9, 2016, number 5775 .
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