Intervention on Caregivers Caring for Patients Poststroke With Upper Limb Apraxia
- Conditions
- Emotional StressPerformance Anxiety
- Interventions
- Other: Program on general prevention of healthOther: Program on specific prevention of health
- Registration Number
- NCT02307019
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of a intervention on a specific health prevention/intervention program aimed at caregivers of mild and moderate patients post stroke with upper limb apraxia in comparison to a control group with a no specific formation in that kind of patients.
- Detailed Description
Patients with Upper limb apraxia after stroke have severe problems to adapt their daily life.
The upper limb apraxia syndrome affects the performance of skilled movements carried out by the upper limbs and provoke that many patients´activities have to be made by their main caregiver or carers.
Caregivers usually have to occupy much time and efforts for caring their familiar or client, and it can result in a overload in different areas of the caregiver health.
Few data are available on the effectiveness of interventions in caregivers that informally works with that kind of patients.
The specific prevention health program is based on improving the awareness of the assistance that the caregivers provide, and knowing the process of the information that carer has to give to the patient while the patients have their activities made.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Having an habitual role of carer (informal or formal).
- Being caring a mild-moderate poststroke patient with upper limb apraxia.
- Subjective manifestations of overload in the role as carer.
- More than two month as carer.
- Uncooperativeness
- Being formed in the care of that kind of patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Program on general prevention of health Program on general prevention of health Control group will receive an intervention by mean of a general health program to manage the common situations when a caregiver is caring for a patient with dependency. The workshop will be performed two a month, two hours a day, during a 4-week period. Program on specific prevention of health Program on specific prevention of health The caregivers will be randomly assigned to an experimental group, to receive the program on specific prevention of health. The workshop will be performed twice a month, two hours a day, during a 4-week period.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline in Stroke Impact Scale (SIS-16) at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Stroke Impact Scale (SIS-16) at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline in Barthel index at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (Quick-DASH) at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Barthel index at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in family APGAR at 16 weeks sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in Duke-UNC-11 questionnaire of functional social support at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Duke-UNC-11 questionnaire of functional social support at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in General health questionnaire (GHQ-28) at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in family APGAR at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Zarit questionnaire at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (Quick-DASH) at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in General health questionnaire (GHQ-28) at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in Zarit questionnaire at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Granada
🇪🇸Granada, Andalucía, Spain