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Cost-utility and effectiveness on health-related quality of life and fitness of a home-based exercise in the caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Informal caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients
Nervous System Diseases
Alzheimer's disease
Registration Number
ISRCTN80414567
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Extremadura (Spain)
Brief Summary

2009 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19461551 results 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32893767/ (added 03/11/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria

Non-professional caregivers who have been taking care of an Alzheimer's patient for more than 20 hours per week for more than six months and are expecting to continue for 12 months more

Exclusion Criteria

1. Contraindications to physical exercise
2. Other physical therapies
3. Drugs affecting measures

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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