Pilot Study of the Environmental Skill Building Program for Dementia Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 38
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to pilot the home Environmental Skill-Building Program (ESP) and an educational control intervention with persons with dementia and their caregivers (n=40) in preparation for a larger double-blind randomized controlled trial. Caregivers of persons with dementia often deal with difficult behaviors. The ESP is an occupational therapy intervention that helps caregivers adapt to their environment and build care-giving skills. The areas addressed include changes to the home set-up, adaptive equipment, instruction in strategies of problem-solving, energy conservation, safe task performance, and fall recovery techniques. A trial is needed with methodological rigor and to determine if the intervention is feasible in the Canadian health care system. Results will contribute to understanding how caregivers and people with dementia can be supported in their home environments.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •The caregiver must be the primary caregiver
- •Caregiver reports that the care recipient has at least one limitation in basic activities of daily living (ADL) or two dependencies in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
- •The caregiver must:
- •provide at least 2 hours of care per day
- •be caregiving for at least 6 months and
- •be at least 21 years of age
- •The care recipients need to have a diagnosis of dementia
排除标准
- •Caregiver:
- •does not live with the care recipient
- •has poor health (undergoing treatments for cancer, hospitalized more than three times in past year)
- •planning to place care recipient in long term care within the next year
- •Care recipients who are confined to bed most of the day or are minimally-responsive to touch or the environment are excluded
研究组 & 干预措施
Education Control
干预措施: Education Control (Behavioral)
Environmental Skill Building
干预措施: Environmental Skill Building (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist
时间窗: 0, 6, 9 months
次要结局
- Disability Assessment for Dementia(0, 6, 9 months)
- Perceived Change Scale(0, 6, 9 months)
- Task Management Strategy Index(0, 6, 9 months)
- Number of caregiving assistance hours(0, 6, 9 months)
- Short Zarit Burden Interview(0, 6, 9 months)
研究者
Lori Letts
Associate Professor
McMaster University