Effectiveness of an Integrative Stress Reduction Program for Family Caregivers of People with Advanced Dementia: A Randomized Control Trial

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: The stress of family caregivers of people with dementia; Behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD); Dementia; Family caregiver; Multicomponent; Program; Sleep quality; Stress; Trials

• Registration Number: TCTR20200601001
• Lead Sponsor: Graduate School, Burapha University

Brief Summary

The integrative stress reduction program had effects on minimizing the stress of caregivers, improving the sleep quality of family caregivers of advanced dementia patients. It also lessened the BPSD of dementia patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-01
• Study Completion: 2021-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

For the dementia persons
1. Age over 60 years old,
2. Have been diagnosed with dementia by physicians and have scores of the Thai Mental State Examination (TMSE) (Train the Brain Forum Committee, 1993) scores of 22 or lower,
3. Have progressive stages of dementia with scores of 2 or 3 in CDR
4. Have not been diagnosed with depression by physicians,
For the caregiver
1. Self-identified as the primary family caregiver of older adults with dementia residing together at the same home,
2. Have responsible to provide care for dementia older adults for at least 6 months.
3. Age 18 years or older, and
4. Able to read and communicate in Thai language.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who will be excluded if they have the following conditions:
1. Have acute serious health problems like stroke, cancer, heart attack, etc.
2. Unable to participate in the intervention for all sessions.
3. Move to live to another setting
4. Change the caregivers, and
5. Have been hospitalized or passed away while participating in this program.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stress of caregivers Week 0 (Time 1), Week 4 (Time 2) after end of the intervention, and week 8 in follow up The Relative Stress Scale (RSS)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregiver sleep quality Week 0 (Time 1), Week 4 (Time 2) after end of the intervention, and week 8 in follow up The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI),BPSD-neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia patients Week 0 (Time 1), Week 4 (Time 2) after end of the intervention, and week 8 in follow up Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)