The Effects of Integrated Face-to-face Rehabilitation and Telerehabilitation on the Well-being of Family Caregivers

Completed

• Conditions: Caregivers; Family Caregivers; Informal Caregivers
• Interventions: Other: Social Holidays; Other: Integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation; Other: Face-to-face rehabilitation

• Registration Number: NCT05678946
• Lead Sponsor: Social Insurance Institution, Finland

Brief Summary

This controlled, non-randomized study (n=180) explores how participating in rehabilitation services for family caregivers affects the caregivers' mood, perceived quality of life, perceived burden of family care, and overall health. Rehabilitation services for family caregivers funded by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) include two 5-day periods of face-to-face rehabilitation and a 12-week telerehabilitation period, which is based on The Own Path internet intervention and takes place between the face-to-face rehabilitation periods. The observed changes are compared to participating in two other services: 1) Social Holidays for family caregivers and 2) Kela's rehabilitation services for family caregivers and the family members they are caring for (care recipients).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-07
• Study Start: 2022-04-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-22
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-31
• Study Completion: 2023-08-31
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-29
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 195

Inclusion Criteria

• family caregiver

• being 18 years of age or older

• providing daily care for an adult family member

• participating in one of following:

  1. the Kela's integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation service for family caregivers,
  2. the MTLH's face-to-face Social Holidays for family caregivers or
  3. the Kela's face-to-face rehabilitation services for family caregivers and care recipients

• willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Social Holidays	Social Holidays	Participation in face-to-face Social Holidays for family caregivers organized by Maaseudun Terveys- ja Lomahuolto (MTLH), a non-profit organization
Integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation	Integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation	Participation in integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation services for family caregivers organized by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
Face-to-face rehabilitation	Face-to-face rehabilitation	Participation in face-to-face rehabilitation services for family caregivers and the care recipients organized by Kela

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in mood at 5 months and 8 months	Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)	assessed with the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-21)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in perceived burden of family care (I) at 5 months and 8 months	Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)	assessed with the Carers of Older People in Europe (COPE) index
Change from baseline in overall health at 5 months and 8 months	Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)	assessed with the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) survey
Change from baseline in Quality of life (QoL) at 5 months and 8 months	Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)	assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument (WHOQOL-BREF)
Change from baseline in perceived burden of family care (II) at 5 months and 8 months	Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)	assessed with the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) questionnaire
Individual goal achievement	5 months (after the intervention)	assessed with the Goal Attainment Scaling method (GAS)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Social Insurance Institution of Finlad; 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland