E-bibliotherapy for Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia
- Conditions
- Caregiver Stress SyndromePsychological Well-BeingDementia
- Interventions
- Other: ControlOther: E-bibliotherapy
- Registration Number
- NCT05927805
- Lead Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to test the efficacy of e-bibliotherapy on improving the psychological well-being of informal caregivers of people with dementia as compared with a control group.
- Detailed Description
This project is a two-arm randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of e-bibliotherapy on improving the psychological well-being of informal caregivers of people with dementia. One hundred and ninety-two informal caregivers of people with dementia will be recruited. Participants in the intervention group will receive eight weekly e-bibliotherapy sessions. The control group will get access to the same e-bibliotherapy app but accept only general daily living knowledge. Psychological well-being, caregiving appraisal, mental health, biomarker of stress, and health-related quality of life will be measured to test the effects of e-bibliotherapy immediately post-intervention, three months post-intervention, and six months post-intervention. Focus group interviews will be conducted immediately post-intervention to explore caregivers' experiences participating in this study.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 192
- primary caregivers aged 18 or above;
- provide unpaid regular care to a person with mild to moderately severe dementia (measured by Global Deterioration Scale, GDS=4~6);
- have cared for the care recipient for at least six months;
- assist with at least one of the care recipient's daily activities;
- use a smartphone or tablet;
- can read Chinese.
- caregivers with unstable physical or mental conditions;
- have cognitive impairment;
- are undergoing acute treatment or have not yet stabilized on their chronic medication;
- are involved in another interventional study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Control group Control Eight weekly sessions of self-learning of general daily living knowledge that this different from the intervention contents from the same e-bibliotherapy app. Intervention group E-bibliotherapy Eight weekly sessions of e-bibliotherapy. Participants in the intervention group will use the e-bibliotherapy app we develop, and accept e-bibliotherapy via the app.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes on psychological well-being Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, three and six-month post-intervention Psychological well-being will be measured by the Chinese version of Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale. It is a 6-point Likert scale with 1=strongly disagree to 6=totally agree. It includes 18 items. A higher score indicates better psychological well-being.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes on biomarker of stress Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, three and six-month post-intervention Saliva cortisol concentration will be used.
Changes on health-related quality of life Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, three and six-month post-intervention Health-related quality of life will be measured by the 12-item Short Form Survey (SF-12). SF-12 includes 12 items. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better physical and mental health functioning.
Changes on caregiving appraisal Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, three and six-month post-intervention Caregiving appraisal will be measured by the Chinese version of the Caregiving Appraisal Scale. It is a 5-point Likert scale (1=extremly disagree, 5=strongly agree) including 26 items. Higher scores indicate more positive caregiving appraisal.
Changes on mental health Pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention, three and six-month post-intervention Mental health will be measured by the Chinese version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). DASS-21 is a 4-point Likert scale (0=totally unfit my condition, 3=very fit my condition). It includes 21 items. Higher scores indicate worse mental health problems.