Caregiver Connect: An mHealth-based intervention for supporting immigrant family caregivers to persons with dementia at home
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- Conditions
- Strengthening caregiving competence thereby reducing stress, and depressive symptoms and improving the quality of life of non-European immigrant family caregivers of persons with dementiaNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN64235563
- Lead Sponsor
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
- Brief Summary
2024 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05106-x (added 17/06/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adults who are of non-European immigrant background in Sweden
2. Have provided care to a person with dementia living at home for at least six months
3. Possess a smartphone or tablet
4. Have access to the Internet at his/her own cost
5. Able to read and write Swedish
Exclusion Criteria
1. Family caregivers aged less than 18 years
2. Family caregivers suffering from conditions that impede communication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Caregiving competence measured using a questionnaire developed by the project team at baseline and 10 weeks after the intervention (in intervention and control groups)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Caregiver stress, depressive symptoms and quality of life measured using the Zarit Burden Index-12, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Carer QoL, respectively at baseline and 10 weeks after the intervention in both intervention and control groups<br>2. Ease of use/practicality of the App measured using in-depth interviews directly after the intervention in the intervention group<br>3. Usage of different features measured using analytics information logged on the backend system at the end of the study
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