Effects of informational support on elder family caregivers

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Condition 1: Dementia in Alzheimer disease. Condition 2: Vascular dementia. Condition 3: Dementia in other diseases.; Alzheimer disease with late onset; Vascular dementia; Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere

• Registration Number: IRCT2017080915426N4
• Lead Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• The caregiver’s willingness to participate in the research and to complete the self-consent form; taking the main responsibilities towards the patient; having the caregiver’s reading and writing skills; being the caregiver’s age above than 18 years old; the caregiver’s access to phone, mobile, and social networks; experience in patient care for at least three consecutive months; having at least six months to five years dementia disease history; getting average score of anxiety caregivers obtained from Spielberger questionnaire more than 31; and the score of quality of life obtained from Thomas caregiver quality of life questionnaire less than 80.
•Exclusion criteria:
The caregiver physical and mental illnesses during the study; taking liquors or psychotropic drugs by the caregiver; referring the patient to long-term care centers during the study; the occurrence of a crisis events or severe stress such as the death of loved ones and divorce for the caregiver during the study; the caregiver’s attendance in training sessions on the care of the elderly with dementia over the past 6 months; the elderly’s suffering from other disabling diseases such as heart failure, asthma or uncontrolled diabetes before or during the study; the caregiver’s responsibility of taking care of someone else in the family.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety. Timepoint: Before, exactly and 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger questionnaire.;Quality Of life. Timepoint: Before, exactly and 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Thomas caregivers quality of life questionnaire.