Dementia
Conditions
Interventions
A group-based multi-component psycho-educational intervention (GMC-PEI) including six 2-h structured sessions (medical treatment, dementia care, psychology, and social welfare) and lectures on dementi
Sponsors
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) be an informal caregiver; 2) informal caregivers do not actively seek immediate nursing home placement; 3) Informal caregiver who received written informed consent and agree to participate in this study; 4) informal caregivers of people diagnosed with and receiving periodic medical examinations for dementia; and 5) an informal caregiver who care for care recipients who do not live in nursing homes or group homes.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) be a professional carer; 2) informal caregivers do actively seek immediate nursing home placement; 3) Informal caregiver who received written informed consent and did not agree to participate in this study; 4) informal caregivers of people did not diagnosed with and receiving periodic medical examinations for dementia; and 5) an informal caregiver who care for care recipients who live in nursing homes or group homes.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The stress responses: Depression(The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; CES-D) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| caregiving time, subjective burden, caregiving appraisals, care coping, and PWD condition (cognitive function, ADL, and BPSD). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMiyu Sumiya
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology The division of medical research consultation
Outcome results
None listed