Telephone-based psychotherapy for family-caregivers of people with dementia - Practice transfer of a telephone-based psychotherapy for supporting family-caregivers

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Burden of care; F03; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: DRKS00006355
• Lead Sponsor: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Psychologie, Abteilung Klinisch-psychologische Intervention

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10-29
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 322

Inclusion Criteria

a) Caregiving relative: key responsibility in the care of the person with dementia

b) Person with dementia: diagnosed dementia at least with low grade according to medical diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria

a) Caregiving relative: ongoing psychotherapeutic treatment; severe physical illness; medically diagnosed psychotic disorder

b) Person with dementia: institutionalised or institutionalisation planned in the next 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depressiveness is assessed at all three time points (T0: baseline; T1: 6 months after baseline (control group) or after the end of the 6-month therapy (intervention groups); T2: 6 months after T1) using a self-developed thermometer scale and the Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS).<br><br>Burden of care is assessed at all three time points using a self-developed thermometer scale.<br><br>Health complaints are assessed at all three time points using the Giessener Beschwerdebogen (GBB-24).<br><br>Ability to solve problems relating to the focused problem areas is measured through goal attainment scaling (GAS) in the course of the therapy sessions.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety is assessed at all three time points (T0: baseline; T1: 6 months after baseline (control group) or after the end of the 6-month therapy (intervention groups); T2: 6 months after T1) with the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D).<br><br>Quality of life is assessed at all three time points with the WHOQOL-Bref.<br><br>Violence in caregiving is assessed at all three time points with the LEANDER questionnaire.<br> <br>Utilization of professional assistance is assessed at all three time points with an instrument developed in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Thuringia.