Neurocognitive Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Six 2-weekly support group sessions of caregiving self-management support programme for dementia carers
Control group:Four monthly telephone instructions
Sponsors
Tongji University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
49 Years to 79 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The principal caregiver who is the family caregiver of relatives with diagnosed dementia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. caregivers who were below 18 years of age; 2. family caregivers who did not involved in major health care, decision-making and care of relatives with dementia; 3. caregiver who currently were suffering from sever mental disorders and/or physical disorders that was expected to be unable to complete the trial and/or to undertake care as the principle caregiver; or 4. caregiver who simultaneously provided major care for another family member with a chronic medical condition or for a grandchild.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health-related quality of life;Caregiving self-efficacy; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Caregiver burden;Social support of caregiver;The number of spouse caregivers with metabolic syndrome; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactSHU YING ZHANG
Tongji University School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed