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临床试验/NCT02418806
NCT02418806已完成不适用

Group Therapy for Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients in Spanish Elderly Persons Centres

Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation11 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 231 人开始时间: 2014年1月1日最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
231
试验地点
11
主要终点
Efficacy of group therapy in caregiver burden measured by Zarit Burden Interview.

研究概览

简要总结

An experimental study designed to test the effectiveness of a psychological intervention based on group therapy for the caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients. The intervention consists of 16 sessions of a cognitive-behavioral psychological group therapy. This study aims to demonstrate that Alzheimer's patients' caregivers can decrease the feelings of burden after been involved in a group therapy.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Non Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Main caregiver of an Alzheimer Disease Patient.
  • Alzheimer Disease Patient with mild/severe cognitive impairment.
  • High compliance to therapy sessions.
  • Sign informed consent.

排除标准

  • Low commitment to develop all study phases.
  • Caregiver activity remunerated.
  • Caregiver with psychiatric disorders that can affect the development of the sessions.
  • Caregivers who have received psychological care during last year.

结局指标

主要结局

Efficacy of group therapy in caregiver burden measured by Zarit Burden Interview.

时间窗: 16 months

次要结局

  • Change in resilience from baseline compared to the control and active arms measured by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.(4 months - 16 months)
  • Change in caregiver burden from baseline compared to the control and active arms measured by Zarit Burden Interview.(4 months and 16 months)
  • Change in anxiety and depression from baseline compared to the control and active arms measured by Goldberg Scale.(4 months and 16 months)
  • Descriptive analysis of the caregivers' characteristics (sociodemographics, relation wih the AD patient).(Baseline (0 months))
  • Descriptive analysis of the caregiver's cognition using DEM-DETECT Module 1.(4 months)
  • Preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis related resources needed to caregivers and Alzheimer patients.(4 months - 16 months)
  • Change in quality of life from baseline compared to the control and active arms measured by Casp-19 and SF-36 questionnaires.(4 months - 16 months)
  • Change in functional social support from baseline compared to the control and active arms using Duke-UNC questionnaire.(4 months - 16 months)

研究者

发起方
Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation
申办方类型
Other
责任方
Sponsor

研究点 (11)

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