A Pilot Study of the Evaluation of the Family Informal Caregiver Stroke Self Management (FICSS) Research Project: Impact on Caregiver Psychosocial, Emotional and Health Needs
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 43
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Baseline Bakas Caregiving Outcome Scale at 2 Weeks and 6 Months post Intervention
研究概览
简要总结
The study will be evaluating to a 4 week education and support program for stroke caregivers. The 4 week program will provide education, information, and strategies for dealing with areas that caregivers may find challenging in their caregiving role. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of the program to decrease the caregiver's stress, strain and burden, increase the caregiver's knowledge of strategies and community services and increase their role satisfaction as a stroke caregiver and quality of life two weeks after the program and 6 months after the program.
详细描述
The modules in the program are: 1) Program Introduction, sharing Caregiving Stories and an introduction to Self Management; 2) Community Connections; Session 3 and 4 are chosen by the participants during session 1 from 6 possible options: Communication in your relationship; Cognition, Memory and Personhood; Dealing with your Emotions; Managing your Stress; Changing roles in your relationships and How to be Caregiver Smart? The programs provides education, information and strategies to deal with the areas that caregivers struggle with as caregivers in order to help them feel better able to prepared to manage as caregivers. Also, the investigators also hope to develop some beginning understanding of when is the best time to provide the program to stroke caregivers to be most helpful to them in their caregiving role.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 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
- 否
入选标准
- •Informal unpaid family stroke caregivers
- •Inclusion Criteria:
- •Informal unpaid family stroke caregivers
- •18 years of age or older;
- •Have provided care to stroke survivor within the home for at least 2 months;
- •Have the ability to communicate in English;
- •Live within Central South Ontario Stroke Region or the West GTA Stroke Region.
排除标准
- •Caregivers who:
- •Paid to provide care;
- •Are friends who provide care to stroke survivor;
- •Are providing palliative care to stroke survivor within the home.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Baseline Bakas Caregiving Outcome Scale at 2 Weeks and 6 Months post Intervention
时间窗: Baseline, 2 weeks and 6 months Post Intervention
12 item self report instrument using a 7 point Likert scale 4 designed to measure changes in post stroke caregiver family life changes in the areas of social functioning, subjective well being and physical health,financial well-being, physical functioning, general health, roles in life and level of energy. The revised scale has demonstrated internal consistency reliability of 0.90 and construct validity of 0.66 5. The scale measures both the positive and negative aspects of caregiving with an emphasis on social consequences.
次要结局
- Change in Baseline Oberst Caregiving Burden Scale at 2 Weeks and 6 Months Post Intervention(Baseline, 2 weeks and 6 months post intervention)
- Open Ended Focus Group Interview to assess impact of program weeks and 6 months post intervention(2 weeks and 6 months post Intervention)
- Caregiver Baseline/Stroke Survivor Baseline Questionnaire(Baseline)
研究者
Gail Mores
Director, National and Provincial Programs
March of Dimes, Canada