Condition 1: Dementia in Alzheimer disease. Condition 2: Vascular dementia. Condition 3: Dementia in other diseases. Alzheimer disease with late onset Vascular dementia Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: The case group receive informative support in two distinct parts, including: in-person training (caring elder with dementia and self-care
in seven 90-minute training sessions) and Informative-counseling support: (by phone, SMS, video call with virtual messenger programs or email for 4 weeks, 3 hours a day). Also a book that approved by
The case group receive informative support in two distinct parts, including: in-person training (caring elder with dementia and self-care
The control group received no informative support during the study.
Sponsors
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Inclusion criteria: The caregiver’s willingness to participate in the research and to complete the self-consent form; taking the main responsibilities towards the patient; having the caregiver’s reading and writing skills; being the caregiver’s age above than 18 years old; the caregiver’s access to phone, mobile, and social networks; experience in patient care for at least three consecutive months; having at least six months to five years dementia disease history; getting average score of anxiety caregivers obtained from Spielberger questionnaire more than 31; and the score of quality of life obtained from Thomas caregiver quality of life questionnaire less than 80. • Exclusion criteria: The caregiver physical and mental illnesses during the study; taking liquors or psychotropic drugs by the caregiver; referring the patient to long-term care centers during the study; the occurrence of a crisis events or severe stress such as the death of loved ones and divorce for the caregiver during the study; the caregiver’s attendance in training sessions on the care of the elderly with dementia over the past 6 months; the elderly’s suffering from other disabling diseases such as heart failure, asthma or uncontrolled diabetes before or during the study; the caregiver’s responsibility of taking care of someone else in the family.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety. Timepoint: Before, exactly and 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Spielberger questionnaire.;Quality Of life. Timepoint: Before, exactly and 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Thomas caregivers quality of life questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Maryam Hazrati
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed