Evaluation of the DEM-DISC: An ICT tool for customized advice on care and welfare services.

Evaluation of the DEM-DISC among informal and professional carers.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20257

Enrollment

140

Registered

2012-02-20

Start date

2010-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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

Conditions

Dementia, caregivers, needs, burden, quality of life, user-friendliness & usefulness Dementie, mantelzorgers, behoeften, Kwaliteit van leven, gebruiksvriendelijkheid en bruikbaarheid

Interventions

The intervention group receives access to DEM-DISC for one year and is guided by their casemanager in the use of this application. The casemanagers of the intervention group also use the DEM-DISC to h

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Caregivers of community-dwelling people with dementia that have a computer at home with internet access and know how to use this.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Caregivers of people with dementia that don’t have internet access or do not know how to use internet.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Met and unmet needs in persons with dementia and carers (CANE), quality of life of persons with dementia (Qol-AD), burden of carer (SSCQ), perceived self-efficacy (Mastery scale) of carers.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The user friendliness, usability and satisfaction with DEM-DISC is assessed (USE Questionnaire) in both informal and formal carers.	—

Contacts

Public ContactL.D. Mierlo, van

VU medisch centrum (EMGO-instituut, Alzheimer centrum) Department of Nursing Home Medicine Van der Boechorststraat 7

l.vanmierlo@vumc.nl+31 (0)6 30949367

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)