Mobile app based education of caregivers to reduce their stress
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z636- Dependent relative needing care athomeHealth Condition 2: F439- Reaction to severe stress, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/04/051828
- Lead Sponsor
- Atul Phillips
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Informal caregivers of adult patients- who were admitted to ICU with a neurological disease and are being planned for discharge
Minimum ICU stay of 3 days
May or may not have received ventilator support
Expected survival of at least 6 months after discharge from the hospital
2. Caregivers should -
Be be willing to give an informed consent.
Be willing to provide care to the patients after discharge.
Not have notable disability (defined as a Rankin score of 0-2) .
Possession of a working personal smartphone/tablet with either mobile cellular device or internet connectivity.
Exclusion Criteria
Patient with a premorbid dependency (mRS < 2) or a life expectancy <3 months
Caregivers with cognitive deficits or not willing to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the caregiver burden pre and post training via smartphone mApp using validated scales: <br/ ><br>Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) <br/ ><br> Impact of event scale - revised (IES-R) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline (at the time of discharge) <br/ ><br>3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) <br/ ><br> Impact of event scale - revised (IES-R) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Discahrge, 3 months post discharge