Alzheimer's Disease / Ziekte van Alzheimer
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will be asked to carry an electronic diary, the PsyMate, with them for 6 consecutive days. The Psymate is a small, electronic touch-screen device that is designed to monitor experiences a
Sponsors
Maastricht University
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Spousal caregiver of a patient that is diagnosed with dementia; 2. Caregiver and patient share a household; 3. Written informed consent is obtained.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers who have insufficient cognitive abilities to engage in the ESM (based on clinical judgment); 2. Caregivers who are overburdened (based on clinical judgment).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Feasibility of the PsyMate: assessed by examining objective measures of compliance with the PsyMate, as well as through subjective participants ratings of the difficulty, time burden, and overall acceptability of the methodology; 2. Validity of the PsyMate: Assessed by examining the presence of expected patterns among variables assessed using the PsyMate, as well as by the concordance between ESM measurements and standard retrospective measurements of the same construct. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reactivity effects of using the PsyMate: assessed by comparing the outcomes of the retrospective questionnaires filled out before and after the ESM data collection. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactRosalie Knippenberg, van
P.O. Box 616
Outcome results
None listed