Trial reportBMC geriatrics2022
Feasibility of an online training and support program for dementia carers: results from a mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial.
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Effectiveness of an Online Training and Support Program (iSupport Portuguese Version) to Reduce Burden, Depression and Anxiety and to Improve Quality of Life, Positive Aspects of Caregiving and Self-efficacy in Informal Dementia Caregivers
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions in Alleviating Burden on Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Magnitude of the Digital Placebo Effect and Its Moderators on Generalized Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Completeness of Telehealth Interventions Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials for Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of technological interventions for caregivers of people with dementia: effects on quality of life and psychoemotional variables.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptomatology and overload and improving quality of life in informal caregivers of non-institutionalized dependent elderly: a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Development and effectiveness of a user-centered mobile application for informal caregivers of people living with dementia: randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2026Trial
- Exploring a Facilitator-Enabled Flexible iSupport for Dementia Program: An Internal Pilot Mixed-Methods Study.Nursing open · 2026Trial
- A randomized trial of two online platforms for dementia family caregivers: GamePlan4Care and Resources4Care.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Trial
- Supporting Informal Dementia Caregivers Through an iSupport Web-Based Primary Health Care Intervention: Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- A feasibility study on embedding the usual Chinese iSupport and tailored Chinese iSupport programs in aged care services.Australasian journal on ageing · 2025Trial
- Co-designed films to reduce care burden in India: The Moving Pictures pilot trial.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Trial
- Internet-Based Supportive Interventions for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR aging · 2024Trial
- Impact of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem on Caregiver Burden in Formal and Informal Caregivers of People with Dependency: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Providing training and support to Spanish dementia caregivers living in rural and urban areas: insights and results from the iSupport-Sp study.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
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- An everyday-task-focused, strategy-based educational program for informal dementia carers: a feasibility and pilot study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Family carers and the provision of person-centred dementia care for activities of daily living.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Article
- Digital Dementia Education and Training for Informal Carers: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- The role of self-efficacy in internet-based interventions for mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Internet interventions · 2025Review
- iSupport for rare dementias: a mixed-methods non-randomised feasibility study of an online self-help programme for carers.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundiSupport is an online program developed by the World Health Organization to provide education, skills training, and social support to informal carers of persons with dementia. This pilot study examines the feasibility of the protocol for a main effectiveness trial of iSupport-Portugal and explores how the intervention and control arms compare over time on well-being outcomes.
methodsA mixed-methods experimental parallel between-group design with two arms is followed. Participants were recruited nationwide, by referral or advertising, through the National Alzheimer's Association. Inclusion criteria are being Portuguese adults, providing e-consent, providing unpaid care to someone with dementia for at least 6 months, experiencing relevant scores on burden (≥ 21 on ZBI) or depression or anxiety (≥ 8 on HADS), and using webpages autonomously. Participants were consecutively randomized to receive iSupport-Portugal or an education-only e-book and were not blinded to group assignment. Data were collected online with self-administered instruments, at baseline, 3 and 6 months after. Outcomes comprise caregiver burden, depression, anxiety, QoL, positive aspects of caregiving, and self-efficacy. Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate group, time, and group-by-time effects. Intervention engagement data were extracted from iSupport's platform. Semi-structured interviews were conducted.
resultsForty-two participants were allocated to the intervention (N = 21) and control (N = 21) arms. Participation (78.1%) and retention rates (73.8%) were fair. More carers in the control arm completed the study (N = 20, 95.2%) than in the intervention arm (N = 11; 52.4%) (χ
conclusionsThis study provides information for a forthcoming full-scale effectiveness trial, as on the acceptability and potential results of iSupport-Portugal. iSupport is suggested as a relevant resource for Portuguese carers.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04104568 . 26/09/2019.
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