The effect of participating in support groups on grief experience, quality of sleep and fatigue .
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Alzheimer.Alzheimer Disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT201410267212N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
All family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's, without considering the age requirement; having at least one year experience of caring for Alzheimer's patients; least literate; a willingness to participate in a support group; not having a marked mental illness.
Exclusion criteria:
Not wanting to continue working; death of the person with Alzheimer's; changing the primary caregiver of someone with Alzheimer's; participating in supportive groups; attending in less than three days of support groups meetings.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Grief Experience. Timepoint: Before the intervention,The final session of intervention,One month after the intervention. Method of measurement: MM Caregiver Grief Inventory - Short Form.;Quality of sleep. Timepoint: Before the intervention,The final session of intervention,One month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).;Fatigue. Timepoint: Before the intervention,The final session of intervention,One month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method