Efficacy of a multicomponent support programme for caregivers of disabled persons: a randomised controlled study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Caregiving of a disabled personNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16401432
- Lead Sponsor
- The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) (Finland)
- Brief Summary
2013 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743879 (added 11/06/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 135
Inclusion Criteria
1. 135 caregiver - care receiver dyads randomly divided into an intervention group (n = 66) and a control group (n = 69)
2. Caregiver of a disabled adult person living in Kuusankoski and Kouvola region (south-east Finland)
3. Caregiving continued at least six months
4. Ability to leave the care receiver to temporary institutional care
5. Ability to live in spa-hotel conditions during the intervention
Exclusion Criteria
1. Serious mental or physical disease of the caregiver
2. Caregiving only occasional
3. Not able to leave the care receiver
4. Not able to live in a spa-hotel during the intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Mortality of the care receiver<br> 2. Continuity of caregiving<br> 3. Placement of the care receiver into an institutional care<br><br> Primary outcomes were measured at two years.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Health related quality of life of the caregiver (15D Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life)<br> 2. Depressive symptoms of the caregiver (Zung's depression scale)<br><br> Secondary outcomes were measured at one year.<br>