Effect of Dementia Family Class on caregiving burden, healthcare utilization, and medical cost in Family Caregivers

Effect and impact of community based dementia caregiver intervention on healthcare use, costs, and quality of life

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0007941

Enrollment

Registered

2022-11-24

Start date

2020-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-05-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others : Intervention group: The purpose of education and training interventions is to improve 1) knowledge on dementia (understanding dementia, psycho-behavioral symptoms, early symptoms of each type

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) 18 years old or older and under 90 years old; (2) spouse, blood tie, or a caregiver who is related to a person with dementia; (3) the main caregiver of a person diagnosed with dementia (4) when a caregiver provided care while living with people with dementia or provided care more than twice a week when not living together; (5) those who could communicate well without hearing problems.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) formal paid caregivers who received special cash benefits from long-term care insurance; (2) caregivers of people with dementia currently in a long-term care facility; (3) those who have had suicidal thoughts or attempted suicide within the past five years of medical treatment, those with depression with psychotic features, and those with major psychiatric disorders (eg, schizophrenia).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
caregiving burden, healthcare utilization	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactHyun-Ju Seo

Chungnam National University

hjseo20@cnu.ac.kr+82-42-580-8320

Outcome results