Efficacy and Feasibility of a Multi-component Individualized Telephone-based Support Intervention for Adult-child Caregivers Caring for Parents With Dementia in China: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dementia
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Primary Endpoint
- Caregiver Burden
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is the first randomized controlled trial exploring the implementation of a multi-component individualized telephone-based support intervention for adult-child caregivers caring for parents with dementia in China. Results hold the potential to inform the further development of family caregiver supportive services.
Detailed Description
The objectives of this study are to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of a multi-component individualized telephone-based support intervention (HEART) for adult-child caregivers caring for parents with dementia in China. The primary hypothesis to test is whether the HEART is more efficacious in reducing caregiver burden than the follow-up as usual (FU) in dementia adult-child caregivers. Secondary hypotheses include the following: 1. The HEART is more efficacious in improving health related quality of life than the FU in dementia adult-child caregivers. 2. The HEART is more efficacious in protecting reciprocal Filial Piety than the FU in dementia adult-child caregivers. 3. The HEART is more efficacious in relieving CR's behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) than the FU in dementia adult-child caregivers. 4. The HEART group has a higher satisfaction with the intervention than the FU group. In addition, two research questions will be answered by qualitative data from process evaluation for the feasibility of the HEART intervention. The research questions are as follows: 1. To what extent can the HEART intervention be delivered as planned? 2. What are the barriers to and facilitators of the HEART intervention?
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Primary caregivers being adult children (age 18 or older) who have spent at least 2 hours per day over the last 3 months caring for a parent with a diagnosis of dementia.
- •Must have telephone access.
- •Caregivers will not end their primary caregiving role within 6 months of study enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Cognitive impairment or intellectual disability.
- •Those who are providing care for another relative with chronic physical or mental diseases.
- •Pregnant women (Because it is unlikely that this group would be primary caregivers except in exceptional circumstances, the consideration of which was beyond the scope of this research).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Caregiver Burden
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Caregiver burden will be assessed using the 12-item version of Zarit Burden Interview (12-item ZBI) to measure caregiver burden (Bédard, 2001; Zarit, 1980). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (never) though 4 (nearly always), yielding a possible range of 0 to 48. Higher scores indicate greater levels of caregiver burden. This short version and The Chinese version of 12-item ZBI has excellent internal consistency (Cronbachα= 0.87); and is highly correlated with the full measure (r = 0.952) (Lin, 2017; Wang, Yand, \& Hou, 2006).
Secondary Outcomes
- Caregiver Burden(Baseline, 6 weeks and 24 weeks)
- Health Related Quality of Life(Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks)
- Satisfaction with and benefits from the Intervention(12 weeks and 24 weeks)
- Reciprocal Filial Piety(Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks)
- BPSD(Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks)