Development of a CBT program for care burden on family caregivers of people with dementia and study of the feasibility and effectiveness

Development of a CBT program for care burden on family caregivers of people with dementia and study of the feasibility and effectiveness - Development of a CBT program for care burden on family caregivers of people with dementia and study of the feasibility and effectiveness

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000031496

Enrollment

Registered

2018-03-01

Start date

2018-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Family caregivers of people with dementia

Interventions

Visting nurses deliver the CBT program(30minutes,11 sessions) on their home nursing visits.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Those who aged between 20 and 79, inclusive. 2.Those who spend their time with families diagnosed with dementia more than ten hours a week. 3.Those who have no communication problem in Japanese(listening, speaking, writing, or reading). 4.Those who can attend the program once a week basically.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Those who score 23 points or less of MMSE (measured when aged 60 or over). 2.Those who are diagnosed with schizophrenia, substance use disorder, or organic mental disorder. 3.Those who are given less than one year to live due to cancer or other diseases. 4.Those who are deemed to have difficulty in participating by the researcher due to other reasons.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The burden experienced by family caregivers after the end of the intervention(12 weeks)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Effectiveness Evaluation 1.care burden on the family caregivers(ZBI-J) 2.psychological variable of the family caregivers(HADS HRQOL, Brief COPE, SWL) 3.Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia(BPSD) in patients with dementia(NPI-Q) Feasibility Evaluation 1. Drop out rate 2. Adverse event rate 3. Level of satisfaction with the program(CSQ-8)	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMiyuki Tajima

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry National Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research

mtajima@ncnp.go.jp042-341-2712

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026