The effectivess of a support model for elderly families with dementia

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia, family caregiving; Neurological - Dementias; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000189426
• Lead Sponsor: The Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

Family: A spouse caring his/ her partner with dementia, living in the City of Helsinki, FinlandPatient: the minimum score of 1 in Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CRD) and the maximum score of 24 in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

Exclusion Criteria

Either spouse had some severe disease (e.g. cancer) that might lead to institutionalisation or death in near future.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to long term institutional care (the period in community care) from enrolment of the couples in the study to long term institutional care of people with dementia[At the end of intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Well-being of spouse caregivers[At baseline and at 6 and 12 months after randomisation];Burden of spouse caregivers[At baseline and at 6 and 12 months after randomisation];Quality of life of spouse caregivers[At baseline and at 6 and 12 months after randomisation];Mortality of couples[At the end of intervention];Use of services and service expenditures[At the end of intervention]