Feasibility Study of Project Carer Matters for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia Receiving Home-based Caregiving
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 55
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Self-reported anxiety scores of CARERS programme participants
研究概览
简要总结
The study uses the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to assess the Carer Matters programme for dementia caregivers in Singapore. A parallel mixed-methods study design is applied to assess the programme's feasibility and effectiveness.
详细描述
A mixed-methods study to (1) Evaluate the feasibility of Carer Matters for caregivers of PwD and to (2) Explore perspectives of key stakeholders who are directly or indirectly involved with Carer Matters, to better understand the potential sustainability of this framework.
The objectives of are as follows:
- To explore the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of family caregivers, healthcare workers and community partners towards Carer Matters.
- To explore the barriers and facilitators of acceptance and implementation of Carer Matters.
- To gain insights into the perceived demand of Carer Matters.
- To gain insights into the family caregivers' preliminary responses to and outcomes from Carer Matters.
The study will involve six inpatient wards of a 1,700-bedded tertiary care hospital which are piloting Carer Matters. These wards comprise of four acute wards and two sub-acute wards. They are selected as they admit a comparatively greater number of patients with dementia than other wards in the hospital. The study will be conducted over 12 months.
Quantitative data is based off programme data collected from all caregivers who undergo Carer Matters. Hence, it will consist of all dementia caregivers whose care recipient is admitted into the pilot wards and agree to participate in Carer Matters.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 99 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •For family caregivers: (1) Above 21 years of age, (2) The main family caregiver of the PwD receiving home-based care, (3) Able to converse in English language, and (4) Willing to have their interviews audio-recorded.
- •For ward nurses: (1) Above 21 years of age, (2) Working as a nurse at one of the inpatient wards piloting SHARE, (3) Referred family caregivers to complete the brief screening tool, and (4) Willing to have their interviews audio-recorded.
- •For care support nurses: (1) Above 21 years of age, (2) Involved in either providing direct or indirect patient care to a PwD and their caregiver through SHARE, and (3) Willing to have their interviews audio-recorded.
- •For community leaders and hospital leaders: (1) Above 21 years of age, (2) Key decision makers or in leadership positions within the hospital or Working in institutions where there are ongoing or potentially future partnerships with TTSH to provide care services , and (3) Willing to have their interviews audio-recorded.
- •For other clinicians: (1) Above 21 years of age, (2) Working as a clinicians at one of the inpatient wards piloting SHARE, (3) Referred family caregivers to complete the brief screening tool, and (4) Willing to have their interviews audio-recorded.
排除标准
- •any potential participant who refuses to have their interviews recorded
结局指标
主要结局
Self-reported anxiety scores of CARERS programme participants
时间窗: Data will be collected over one year, the duration of the first year of the intervention.
Whether Carer Matters Programme brings about the desired effects in caregiver participants - Reduced anxiety. Data collected through HADS tool administered to caregivers attending CARERS programme.
Number of participants recruited into programme
时间窗: Data will be collected over one year, the duration of the first year of the intervention.
Reach of Carer Matters - Whether Carer Matters Programme affects target population of caregivers. Data collected from programme logs of caregivers recruited not programme and sign-up rates for programmes recommended to participants
Self-reported depression scores of CARERS programme participants
时间窗: Data will be collected over one year, the duration of the first year of the intervention.
Whether Carer Matters Programme brings about the desired effects in caregiver participants - Reduced depressive symptoms. Data collected through HADS tool administered to caregivers attending CARERS programme.
Self-reported dementia knowledge scores of dementia programme participants
时间窗: Data will be collected over one year, the duration of the first year of the intervention.
Whether Carer Matters Programme brings about the desired effects in caregiver participants - Increased dementia knowledge. Data collected through dementia knowledge test designed by team, administered to caregivers attending dementia programme.
次要结局
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