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Couple and Spouse Caregiver in Huntington's Disease

Terminated
Conditions
Huntington Disease
Registration Number
NCT04394767
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Lille
Brief Summary

The objectives are to better document the psychosocial status and needs of caregiver of HD patients and understand the dyad functioning, facing the disease at various stages.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria

For patient :

  • HD, CAG > 36, motor UHDRS > 5
  • Being able to communicate with the investigator

For both spouses :

  • Living together since at least 5 years
  • 30 to 60 years old
Exclusion Criteria

For patient :

  • Other chronic neurologic disorder

For both spouses :

  • Psychiatric disease
  • Unable to participate, incl read, understand and sign the informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
report of the experience and interactions of couple and Spouse Caregiver in Huntington's Diseaseonce time, Baseline

Qualitative assessment: Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) by semi-structured interviews to explore families representations and strategies about the patients with Huntington's Disease

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
report of the experience and interactions of couple and Spouse Caregiver in Huntington's Diseaseonce time, Baseline

Qualitative assessment : Thematic analysis by COAT (Carers Outcome Agreement Tool) during a semi-structured interviews to explore families representations and strategies about the patients with Huntington's Disease

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHU Lille

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Lille, France

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