Telephone-based psychotherapy for family-caregivers of people with dementia - Practice transfer of a telephone-based psychotherapy for supporting family-caregivers

Telephone-based psychotherapy for family-caregivers of people with dementia - Practice transfer of a telephone-based psychotherapy for supporting family-caregivers - Tele.TAnDem.Tansfer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00006355

Enrollment

270

Registered

2014-10-29

Start date

2012-07-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Burden of care F03

Interventions

Group 1: Telephone-based psychotherapy: Twelve 50-minute sessions are conducted within six months. The first four sessions take place at weekly intervals, further six sessions follow at two-week inter

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a) Caregiving relative: key responsibility in the care of the person with dementia b) Person with dementia: diagnosed dementia at least with low grade according to medical diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: a) Caregiving relative: ongoing psychotherapeutic treatment; severe physical illness; medically diagnosed psychotic disorder b) Person with dementia: institutionalised or institutionalisation planned in the next 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depressiveness is assessed at all three time points (T0: baseline; T1: 6 months after baseline (control group) or after the end of the 6-month therapy (intervention groups); T2: 6 months after T1) using a self-developed thermometer scale and the Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS). Burden of care is assessed at all three time points using a self-developed thermometer scale. Health complaints are assessed at all three time points using the Giessener Beschwerdebogen (GBB-24). Ability to solve problems relating to the focused problem areas is measured through goal attainment scaling (GAS) in the course of the therapy sessions.	—

Measure

Time frame

Depressiveness is assessed at all three time points (T0: baseline; T1: 6 months after baseline (control group) or after the end of the 6-month therapy (intervention groups); T2: 6 months after T1) using a self-developed thermometer scale and the Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS). Burden of care is assessed at all three time points using a self-developed thermometer scale. Health complaints are assessed at all three time points using the Giessener Beschwerdebogen (GBB-24). Ability to solve problems relating to the focused problem areas is measured through goal attainment scaling (GAS) in the course of the therapy sessions.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety is assessed at all three time points (T0: baseline; T1: 6 months after baseline (control group) or after the end of the 6-month therapy (intervention groups); T2: 6 months after T1) with the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D). Quality of life is assessed at all three time points with the WHOQOL-Bref. Violence in caregiving is assessed at all three time points with the LEANDER questionnaire. Utilization of professional assistance is assessed at all three time points with an instrument developed in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Thuringia.	—

Measure

Time frame

Anxiety is assessed at all three time points (T0: baseline; T1: 6 months after baseline (control group) or after the end of the 6-month therapy (intervention groups); T2: 6 months after T1) with the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D). Quality of life is assessed at all three time points with the WHOQOL-Bref. Violence in caregiving is assessed at all three time points with the LEANDER questionnaire. Utilization of professional assistance is assessed at all three time points with an instrument developed in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Thuringia.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactGabriele Wilz

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Psychologie, Abteilung Klinisch-psychologische Intervention

gabriele.wilz@uni-jena.de+49 3641 945170

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 18, 2026