A Pilot Evaluation of Learning Skills Together: A Intervention to Teach Complex Care Skills to Caregivers of Persons Living With Alzheimer's Disease
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 41
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Caregiver Competency
研究概览
简要总结
The Learning Skills Together (LST) program is a synchronous web-based educational intervention developed to address the essential need for training to equip family caregivers to someone with mid-stage Alzheimer's disease to confidently provide complex care tasks.The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility of delivering LST, the program's acceptability to caregivers, and likelihood of effecting caregivers self-efficacy and mastery.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
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
- •Family member (including families of choice) to an individual living with Alzheimer's disease who has received a diagnosis from a physician
- •Ages 18 and old
- •Provides assistance with at least two instrumental activities of daily living or one activity of daily living
- •Care recipient is described as being within mid-stage Alzheimer's Disease
- •There are no plans to place the care recipient in a skilled nursing facility within the next 3 months
排除标准
- •The caregiver is paid to provide care
- •The caregiver does not have reliable access to a computer and internet
- •The caregiver is unable to read and speak English
研究组 & 干预措施
Learning Skills Together Intervention
Participants in the Learning Skills Together program will begin their participation with a one-on-one phone call with an interventionist, who will ensure the participant is prepared to to attend the group sessions (e.g., familiar with videoconference technology) and will help the participant to set individual goals. The caregiver participant will then attend 4, group-based sessions lasting approximately 1.5 hours each, to learn about common complex care tasks managed by family caregivers to someone with mid-stage Alzheimer's disease, such as managing behavioral symptoms of dementia, incontinence, nutrition, transferring, medication management, and more. Sessions will integrate interactive activities, such as videos, case studies, and discussions. Approximately four weeks later, caregivers will be asked to attend a group reflection session to discuss application of what was learned and progress in meeting individual goals.
干预措施: Learning Skills Together (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Caregiver Competency
时间窗: Change from baseline to 4 weeks post-intervention; and to 8 weeks post-intervention
This will be measured using the Caregiving Competence Scale. This measure includes 3-items pertaining to caregiver's confidence (e.g., "I feel confident that I am meeting the needs of my relative"). There are five response options to each statement ("Strongly Disagree" \[1\] to "Strongly Agree" \[5\]), such that scores may range from 3 to 15. A lower score indicates a lower level of confidence that the caregiver is meeting their relative's needs (i.e., higher scores are better). The outcome measure will use the average change score from baseline scores.
Change in Caregiver Mastery
时间窗: Change from baseline to 4 weeks post-intervention; and to 8 weeks post-intervention
This will be measured using the Caregiver Mastery Scale. This 7-item scale asks participants the extent to which they feel they have control over various parts of their lives (e.g., "I have little control over the things that happen to me"). Participants may respond that they "Strongly Disagree (1) to Strongly agree (4) with each statement, such that scores range from 7 to 28. The lower the score, the less control the caregiver feels that they have control (i.e., higher scores are better). The mean score for this measure among caregivers to frail older adults was previously reported as 19.42 (SD 3.29), with Cronbach's alpha of 0.78. The outcome measure will use the average change score from baseline scores.
次要结局
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