Telephone-coached "Graphic Narrative" Bibliotherapy for Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 128
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Changes in depressive symptoms
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to assess the efficacy of telephone-coached graphic narrative bibliotherapy in improving dementia caregiver depressive symptoms compared with the booklet group.
详细描述
This is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial using a repeated-measures design to examine the effects of telephone-coached graphic narrative bibliotherapy on 128 (64 per group) informal caregivers of people with dementia. Participants in the intervention group will receive eight weekly telephone-coached graphic narrative bibliotherapy sessions, plus two face-to-face booster sessions and two follow-up sessions. The control group will receive an education booklet and check-in calls. Caregiver depressive symptoms, stress and anxiety, caregiving appraisal, care-recipient neuropsychiatric symptoms, and quality of life will be measured to test the intervention's effects immediately after completion and at a 6-month follow-up.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •provide unpaid care to a person diagnosed with early to moderate stage dementia;
- •provide at least 14 hours of care a week for at least 3 months
- •aged 18 years or above
- •able to read
- •have depressive symptoms
- •use a message application
排除标准
- •with an unstable physical or mental condition
- •with cognitive impairment
- •receiving medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment for depression
- •have been included in another interventional study
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in depressive symptoms
时间窗: Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, 6 months post-intervention
Depressive symptoms will be measured with the Chinese version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21. It is a 4-point Likert scale consisting of 21 items that measure levels ofdepression, anxiety, and stress in participants. The total score ranges from 0-63, with the depression subscale score ranges from 0-21. Higher scores indicategreater severity of mental health problems.
次要结局
- Changes in stress and anxiety(Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, 6 months post-intervention)
- Changes in caregiving appraisal(Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, 6 months post-intervention)
- Changes in quality of life(Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, 6 months post-intervention)
- Changes in patient neuropsychiatric symptoms(Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, 6 months post-intervention)