Caregiver Burden, Dementia, Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
dementia, caregiver, quality of life, Jing Si Herbal Tea, psychosocial health, randomized controlled trial
Brief summary
Jing Si Herbal Tea has been found to be effective in improving health for the conditions of cancers, aging, depression, and sleep. Such evidence has been shown in animal models and clinical research with publications in the international journals. However, empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of Jing Si Herbal Tea for patients with dementia and their caregivers on their quality of life and psychosocial health remains unclear. Therefore, the present project aims to investigate the feasibility of taking Jing Si Herbal Tea among patients with dementia; then, to investigate if Jing Si Herbal Tea could improve quality of life and psychosocial health for patients with dementia and their caregivers. The project will be three years. The first year will examine the feasibility for the patients with dementia. A total of 100 patients with dementia will be recruited and they will be informed to take the Jing Si Herbal Tea two times per day (one time in the morning and another time in the afternoon). All the participants will be measured for their quality of life and psychosocial health at baseline, three months after baseline, and six months after baseline, to have initial evidence of the improvements in quality of life and psychosocial health without having a control group. The second year will recruit 200 patients with dementia and randomly assign them into a treatment group (taking Jing Si Herbal Tea) and a control group (taking placebo). All the participants will be measured for their quality of life and psychosocial health at baseline, three months after baseline, and six months after baseline, to investigate the strong evidence of Jing Si Herbal Tea on quality of life and psychosocial health. The third year will recruit 200 caregivers of patient with dementia and randomly assign them into a treatment group (taking Jing Si Herbal Tea) and a control group (taking placebo). All the participants will be measured for their quality of life and psychosocial health at baseline, three months after baseline, and six months after baseline, to investigate the strong evidence of Jing Si Herbal Tea on quality of life and psychosocial health.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTJing Si Herbal Tea
Consuming Jing Si Herbal Tea for three months; twice per day with each time 14 g of Jing Si Herbal in 600 ml water
Sponsors
National Cheng Kung University
Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Tzu Chi University
E-DA Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
For people with dementia: Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of dementia * 50 years or older * with sufficient cognition to complete the questionnaires * can communicate using Mandarin or Taiwanese
Exclusion criteria
* with renal function problems * not suitable for Jing Si Herbal Tea after evaluation from a psychiatrist/physician * with the condition of change the commencement of guardianship (or commencement of assistance) For caregivers: Inclusion Criteria: * caregivers of people with dementia for more than half years * 20 years or older * with sufficient cognition to complete the questionnaires * can communicate using Mandarin or Taiwanese
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment for age (WHOQOL-AGE) [for people with dementia] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | quality of life measure; score range 13-65; higher score indicates better quality of life |
| Insomnia Severity Index [for both people with dementia and their caregivers] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | sleep problem measure; score range 0-28; higher score indicates more severe insomnia |
| World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) [for caregivers] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | quality of life measure; score range 4-20; higher score indicates better quality of life |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living [for people with dementia] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | activities of daily living function measure; score range 0-6; higher score indicates better activities of daily living |
| 5 items of Geriatric Depression Scale [for people with dementia and their caregivers] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | depression measure; score range 0-5; higher score indicates greater depression |
| Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire [for people with dementia] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | cognition measure; score range 0-10; higher score indicates poor cognition |
| Clinical Frailty Scale [for people with dementia] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | frailty measure; score range 1-9; higher score indicates more frail |
| Integrated care for older people [for people with dementia] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | intrinsic capacity measure; score range 0-13; higher score indicates poorer intrinsic capacity |
| Attitude and Thoughts Toward Older People Scale [for people with dementia and their caregivers] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | ageism measure; score range 17-85; higher score indicates higher level of ageism |
| Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 [for people with dementia and their caregivers] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | psychological distress measure; score range 0-63; higher score indicates greater distress |
| 12 item of Zarit Burden Interview [for caregivers] | baseline; 3 months after baseline; 6 months after baseline | caregiver burden measure; score range 0-48; higher score indicates greater burden |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
CONTACTChung-Ying Lin, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHao-Ming Li, MD
Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Outcome results
None listed