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The Effect on Caregivers of a Family Support Program

The Effect on Caregivers of a Family Support Program Based on a Nurse-Led Case Management Model

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05542472
Enrollment
27
Registered
2022-09-15
Start date
2020-03-11
Completion date
2021-08-02
Last updated
2022-09-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Caregiver Burnout

Keywords

caregiver, case management, nurse-led

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a family support program based on the nurse-led case management model on individuals providing care for patients who are confined to bed at home.

Detailed description

It is of paramount importance to enable the patients receiving home care and their relatives to adapt social life, to fulfil their social integration, to relieve the burden of family members of the individual in need of care, especially the individual providing care, by supporting them in the environment where they live. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effect of the family support program based on the nurse-led case management model for family members who care for bedridden patients.The family support program based on a five-stage nurse-led case management model is administered for the caregivers in the intervention group, the caregivers in the control group is monitored by home health services through routine follow-ups. The research will conducted as a randomized controlled study with an experimental design.

Interventions

OTHERFamily Support Program Based on a Nurse-Led Case Management Model

A Family Support Program Based on the Nurse-Led Case Management Model create for the care givers in the intervention group. Case management is the process of planning an individual's care, coordinating it, managing it, implementing it and reviewing it. The aim in case management is to improve a person's quality of life by coordinating health care services and providing these services at a reasonable cost and in a productive way. The use of case management requires the cooperation of professionals from many different disciplines. Therefore, in areas where case management is applied, the case manager coordinates an individual's or patient's care by enabling this cooperation. In this way, in areas where health services are provided, the case manager may be a doctor, a nurse, a physiotherapist, a social services expert, or a speech therapist.

Sponsors

Sakarya University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Volunteering to participate in the study, * To have been taking care of the caregiver for at least 6 months, * Being literate * Not to have sensory loss such as vision and hearing, * Being open to communication and cooperation, * Internet access and being able to use it, * Having a phone where he can be reached, * Not receiving any remuneration for the provision of care, * Having a family bond with the person being cared for.

Exclusion criteria

* Caregivers who do not meet the inclusion criteria, * Caregivers who did not give consent at any stage of the study and left.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in caregiver burden in 6 months6 monthsZarit Caregiver Burden Scale: This scale was developed in 1980 by Zarit et al. to assess the stress experienced by those providing care to old people or to those in need of care. The lowest possible score is 0 and the highest is 88. A high score on the scale shows a high level of distress experienced.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
assessment of caregivers' quality of life6 monthsWHOQOL-BREF-TR Form: This form is the Turkish adaptation of the WHOQOL-100, which was developed by the World Health Organization to assess the quality of life of individuals. Cultural adaptation of the WHOQOL-BREF-TR in Turkey and validity and reliability work were conducted by Eser et al. (1999). This scale consists of 26 questions selected from the WHOQOL-BREF WHOQOL-100 scale. One item was added to the Turkish version of the scale.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
determination of family functional status6 monthsFamily APGAR Scale: This scale, which evaluates the perceptions of family members concerning their functionality among themselves is used in determining the weak areas in family functions in a short time. The scale was developed by Smilkstein (1978) and adapted to Turkish in 2011 (Özcan et al. 2011). The Family APGAR Scale measures the five parameters of family functionality in adults of adaptation, partnership, growth, affection and resolve.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026