Forest Bathing Intervention for Persons Living with Dementia and Family Carers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia; Caregiver Mental Health

• Registration Number: NCT06813196
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a forest bathing intervention for people living with dementia and their family carers, and examined its effectivness on care burden and quality of life by comparing to an art activty programme as control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-04-22
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-17
• Study Completion: 2024-08-17
• Study First Submitted: 2025-01-27
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-02-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-05
• Study First Posted: 2025-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 107

Inclusion Criteria

• For family careivers:
• taking care of a family member living with dementia in the community,
• For people living with dementia:
• Clinical diagnosis of mild to moderate dementia

Exclusion Criteria

• For both:
• Unable to communicate in Chinese or Cantonese
• Unable to participate meaningfully in group activities due to intellectual disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment, or other health conditions, were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Caregiver's Anxiety Symptoms measured by the Anxiety subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-21, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Change in Caregiver's Depressive Symptoms measured by the Depression subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-21, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Change in Caregiver's Care Burden measured by 12-item version of Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-48, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Caregiver's Positive Aspect of Caregiving measured by the Positive Aspect of Caregiving Scale (PACS)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 11-55, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Change in Caregiver's Health-related Quality of Life measured by the Visual Analogue Scale of EuroQol 5-dimension 5-level (EQ5D5L VAS)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-100, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Change in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Person Living with Dementia measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Questionnaire (NPI-Q)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-12, with higher scores indicate a worse outcome
Change in Health-related Quality of Life of Person Living with Dementia measured by the Visual Analogue Scale of EuroQol 5-dimension 5-level (EQ5D5L VAS)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-100, with higher scores indicate a better outcome
Change in Caregiver's Caregiving Self-Efficacy measured by the Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy (CSE-R)	Baseline and 6 weeks	Possible range: 0-100, with higher scores indicate a better outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong