Trial of Empowered Conversations dementia carer training

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Carers of people living with dementia; some of whom will be experiencing anxiety and/or depression; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15261686
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Manchester

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13441.1 (added 26/10/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-03-02
• Study Completion: 2023-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 6 November 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

1. Carer participants will be included if they live within the Greater Manchester area and are informally caring for someone living with dementia
2. Able to give informed consent
3. Have sufficient English language skills to understand the training (i.e. verbal and written language abilities required to understand verbal presentations and complete simple exercises)
4. Carer ability to participate will not be conditional on carers’ agreement to approach the person living with dementia or being able to consent the person living with dementia to be interviewed

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to give informed consent to the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Recruitment numbers achieved per month, i.e. per month an average of 6-10 carers<br> 2. Retention rate recorded as the number of participants who remain in the study at the 6-month follow-up<br> 3. Estimates of the standard deviations of candidate primary outcome measures will be examined to establish whether they could detect a minimally important difference and to assist with the estimation of the required sample size for a full effectiveness trial (see secondary outcome measures)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> The candidate primary outcome measures (all measured at 6 months) are:<br> 1. Carer anxiety and depression measured using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Total Score (HADS-T)<br> 2. Carer stress measured using Perceived Stress Scale<br> 3. Carer relationship stress using the Dyadic relationship scale<br> 4. Carer sense of competence in their caring role measured using Short Sense of Competence<br>