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More at Home with Dementia. The effect of training of caregivers of people with dementia on the well being of both the caregiver and the person with dementia.

Conditions
Experienced burden and Quality of life of caregivers of people with dementiaNeuropsychiatric symptoms of people with dementia
Registration Number
NL-OMON23028
Lead Sponsor
S.U. (Sytse) Zuidema, MD, PhD, Prof. of Elderly Care Medicine and Dementia. Department of General Practice, UMCG/ department of medical sciences, GroningenW.P. (Wilco) Achterberg, MD, PhD, Prof. of institutional care and elderly care medicine. Department of Public Health and Priamry Care. LUMC, Leiden, Froukje Boersma, MD, PhD, Elderly Care Physician, Researcher, Department of General Practice, UMCG/ department of medical sciences, Groningen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
144
Inclusion Criteria

Couples of caregiver and person with dementia living together

Person with dementia: diagnosis dementia, understanding and speaking Dutch

Exclusion Criteria

Person with dementia: agressive behaviour or wandering

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Carer: Self Rated burden scale, CarerQol-7D, CarerQol-visual analog scale, objective burden <br><br /><br /><br>Patient with dementia: Neuro psychiatric inventory
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Carer: experienced health (RAND36/SF36), use of facilities and health care, quality of life (EQ5D+C),use of psychotropic drugs, depression and anxiety (center of epidemiologic studies depression (CES-D), hospital anxiety and depression scale anxiety subscale (HADS-A)<br /><br>Person with dementia: basic activities of daily living and instumental activities of daily living (ADL and IADL, Katz-15), use of facilities and health care, dementia quality of life instrument (DQI), Cohen Mansfield agitation inventory -community (CMAI), geriatric deterioration scale (GDS-Reisberg), use of psychotropic drugs
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