Evaluating the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention for caregivers of individuals with acquired brain injury
- Conditions
- The burden associated with acquired brain injury caregivingNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16513116
- Lead Sponsor
- Hermanas Hospitalarias
- Brief Summary
2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39267361/ (added 16/09/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Caregivers:
1. Aged 18 years old and over
2. Be caring for a person with acquired brain injury (ABI) (traumatic brain injury, stroke, anoxia, brain tumour or encephalitis)
3. Be an informal (unpaid) caregiver
4. Spend a minimum of 4 hours/week caring for the care-receiver
Participants with ABI:
1. Aged 16 years old and over
2. Residents in the community
3. Receiving appropriate outpatient rehabilitation
4. Being stable clinically
5. Time since the ABI is more than 3 months
Caregivers:
Those who did not have the time to attend the weekly sessions of intervention or had received a standardized intervention comparable to the one administered in the trial within the past year
Participants with ABI:
1. Having been cared for in a respite care unit during the last 30 days
2. Living in professionally supervised housing
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Caregiver burden measured using the Zarit Burden Interview at baseline and 4 and 8 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The following secondary outcome measures are assessed at baseline and 4 and 8 months:1. Caregiver's mental health measured using the General Health Questionnaire, 28 items (GHQ-28)2. Caregiver anxiety measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)3. Caregiver depression measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)