A Psychoeducational Intervention for Stroke Family Caregivers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Behavioral: Psychoeducation

• Registration Number: NCT02080910
• Lead Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial with a 3-month psychoeducational program as intervention, followed by a 3 month observational period. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a psychoeducational program focusing on equipping caregivers with problem-solving skills would improve caregiver's problem-solving abilities, their psychological responses and caregiving resources, and would minimize the use of health and social services among stroke survivors.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Primary Completion: 2014-03
• Study Completion: 2014-03
• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-05
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-07
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-05
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Psychoeducational program	Psychoeducation	Psychoeducational program consisted of (1) two inpatient sessions of face-to-face education on stroke and its caregiving; (2) six biweekly problem-solving training via telephone contacts after the discharge of stroke survivors

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregivers' change in depressive symptom severity from baseline	3 month post intervention	Change in depressive symptoms severity, as measured by the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (Chinese version), will be analyzed by the GEE model
Caregiver's change in caregiving competence from baseline	3 months post intervention	Change in caregiving competence, as measured by the Caregiving Competence Scale (Chinese version), will be analyzed by the GEE model
Caregiver's change in perceived mental health from baseline	3 months post intervention	Change in perceived mental health, as measured by the Chinese (Hong Kong) Medical Outcomes Study 12-item Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2), its mental component summary score will be analyzed by the GEE model
Caregiver's change in caregiving burden	at immediate post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 3-month post-intervention	End-point between-group differences of the caregiving burden, as measured by the Caregiving Strain Index (Chinese version), will be analyzed by multiple regression analysis

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregiver's change in family functioning from baseline	3 months post intervention	Change in family functioning, as measured by the McMaster Model of Family Assessment Device (Chinese version), will be analyzed using the GEE model
Placement to residential/nursing care home (stroke survivors)	at immediate post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 3-month post-intervention	End-point between-group differences of the placement to residential/nursing care home of stroke survivors will be analyzed by the Chi square statistics
Caregiving-related injuries	at immediate post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 3-month post-intervention	End-point between-group differences of the self-reported caregiving related injuries will be analyzed using Chi square statistics
Caregiver's change in self-appraised problem-solving abilities from baseline	3 months post intervention	Change in self-appraised problem-solving abilities, as measured by the Problem Solving Inventory (Chinese version), will be analyzed using the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) model
Stroke-related hospital readmission (stroke survivors)	at immediate post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 3-month post-intervention	End-point between-group differences of the self-reported stroke-related hospital readmission, such as falls, recurrent stroke, will be analyzed using Chi square statistics
Caregiver's change in perceived social support from baseline	3 months post intervention	Change in perceived social support, as measured by the Six-item Social Support Questionnaire (Chinese version), will be analyzed using the GEE model
Caregiver's change in perceived physical health from baseline	3 months post intervention	Change in perceived physical health, as measured by the Chinese (Hong Kong) SF-12v2 (Physical Component Summary Score), will be analyzed by the GEE model

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin Hospital, Tai Po Hospital; 🇨🇳 Hong Kong SAR, China