Effects of an Empowerment Intervention for Community-dwelling Persons With Young Onset Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Changes in self-management abilities
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an empowerment intervention for community-dwelling persons with young onset dementia and their informal caregivers.
详细描述
This study focuses on the evaluation of an empowerment intervention developed for persons with young onset dementia and their informal caregivers. The empowerment intervention focuses on current capacities, maintenance of autonomy, and increasing the opportunities to feel useful. This pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial aims to investigate (1) the effectiveness of the intervention concerning participants' well-being, quality of life, and behavioral issues, (2) the effect of the intervention on the informal caregivers' sense of competence and perceived distress, and (3) the impact of the intervention on healthcare costs. Furthermore, the investigators aim to study the feasibility of the intervention to frame an implementation strategy.
Participants in the intervention group will receive the intervention for 5 months. Participants of the control group receive care as usual.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Diagnosed with dementia before the age of 65
- •Living at home (community-dwelling)
排除标准
- •Dementia is caused by Down's syndrome, Huntington's disease, HIV or alcohol-related dementia.
- •Limited contact between the person with dementia and the informal caregiver (<3 times a week)
研究组 & 干预措施
empowerment intervention
Empowerment intervention
干预措施: Empowerment intervention (Other)
regular care
Regular care, care as usual
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in self-management abilities
时间窗: 5 months
(Self-Management Ability Scale (SMAS))
次要结局
- Changes in quality of life(5 months)
- Changes in neuropsychiatric symptoms Questionnaire(5 months)
- Caregiver measures:Competence ((5 months)
- Changes in disability(5 months)
- Changes in apathy(5 months)
- Caregiver measures: Emotional distress(5 months)