Tele-nursing and Care Burden in Caregivers
- Conditions
- stroke.Brain stem stroke syndromeG46.3
- Registration Number
- IRCT20200222046585N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 84
Having the consent to participate in the study
having direct resposibility for the care of the elderly patient at least 8 hours a day
Having a family relationship with the patient, including the spouse, child, brother, sister that living with the patient.
Having a mobile phone with the capability to install soroush app
Resident of Qazvin
having a minimum primary education
minimum age 18 years and older
non payment for care
enabling to communicate
simultaneous care of both stroke and non-stroke patients
Unwillingness to cooperate or disconnect the phone connection for two weeks in the first months of intervention(experiment) and for three weeks in the second and third months of intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The care burden questionnaire was made by zarit etal. to measure care burden. the questionnaire includes 22 questions about personal,social,emotional and economic burdens that will be completed by the researcher through interviews with family caregivers. in this tool,based on the questions the care burden in caregivers is divided into two objective and mental groups. Timepoint: Measurement of care burden before and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Zarit Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method