The Effect of Education on the quality of life and resilience of Family caregivers of stroke patients

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: stroke.
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction

Registration Number: IRCT20230208057360N2

Lead Sponsor: Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

The patient's affliction with stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic).
Patient's first time experience of stroke.
At least 24 hours have passed since the patient was admitted to the neurology department
The patient's Barthel index score lower than 75.
patient should be taken home after discharge.
The patient must be older than 45 years old.
Caregiver's dominant role in patient care.
The caregiver must be Introduced by the patient or the person's statement as the patient's dominant caregiver.
Lack of academic education in medical sciences in the caregiver of the patient or other members of the patient's family (parents and spouse, sister, brother, child).
The caregiver must be at least 18 years old.
The caregiver must be literate and able to read and write in Persian.
Caregiver's availability via phone.
Family caregivers shouldn't have a mental illness or be treated with psychoactive medications.

Exclusion Criteria

Readmission or patient death before final evaluation
Caregiver or patient receive an educational program except the usual hospital program during the study period.
Lack of regular participation in education sessions
caregiver doesn't complete the questionnaires
appearance a crisis in the caregiver's life (such as divorce - loss of loved ones, etc.)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life. Timepoint: before intervention and two months after intervention. Method of measurement: Adult Caregiver Quality of Life Questionnaire (AC-QoL).;Resilience. Timepoint: before intervention and two months after intervention. Method of measurement: Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures