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NCT Number: NCT03015428

"Living Together With Dementia"_Creation and Validation of a Training Program for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia to Live at Home

This study aims to experimentally evaluate the training program for family caregivers of people with dementia_"Living together with Dementia."

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Key information

Conditions

Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHSaoJoao

Porto, Portugal

About this study

This study will begin in March 2016, with the initial assessment of family caregivers of people with dementia.

These were recruited through hospital neurology clinic and must comply with a set of pre-established criteria.

It is expected a total of 20 participants in the study (10 in the experimental group and 10 in control group).

Interventions will take place over the months of March and April. The final evaluation is scheduled for late April and the follow up to July 2016.

an evaluation document itself for this study was built.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Be primary caregiver of the person with dementia
  • Be able to read and write
  • Carers of peolpe with dementia in initial or moderate stage

Exclusion criteria

  • The person with dementia have severe mental pathologies associated

Treatment and study plan

Psychoeducation

Other

Providing knowledge and skills development in family caregivers of people with dementia, through a structured psychoeducational programme

Primary outcomes

  1. Caregiver Overload Scale

    Time frame: 7 weeks

  2. Carers Assessment Satisfaction Index

    Time frame: 7 weeks

  3. Carers Assessment Difficulties Index

    Time frame: 7 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centro Hospitalar De São João, E.P.E.

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jan 10, 2017
Registry last updated
Jan 10, 2017

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