Cost-effectiveness of an interactive home-based tele-exercise program for informal caregivers of patients with dementia in a rural environment: gender perspective
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Informal caregivers of people with dementia (Alzheimer's disease or vascular)Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15450537
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute for the Elderly and Social Services (Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1. Female
2. Provision of at least 20 h of unpaid per week, in-person care per week to a relative living at home with dementia
age =40 years
3. No medical condition that would limit participation in moderate-intensity exercise program
4. No participation in any regular physical activity program (i.e., has engaged in less than two >20-min sessions of exercise per week during the previous 36 months)
5. No changes in medication for at least 6 months prior to study entry; and no plans to move from the place of residence within 12 months of study entry
Exclusion Criteria
1. Caregiver aged below 40 years
2. Caregivers participating in another physical exercise-based intervention
3. Medical contraindication to practise physical exercise
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method