Caregiver Burden
Conditions
Interventions
Caregivers will be randomly divided, controlled and crossed (double-blind) into two groups: intervention (GI) that will participate in a training that will address empathic skills and control (CG) wil
Multidimensional Interpersonal Reactivity Scale
Care Burden Inventory
Zarit Overload Inventory. The instruments will be applied online by a blind third researcher who will also not participate in the interventions or in the initial randomization. Empathic skills trainin
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Present a score equal to or greater than 23 on the Zarit Burden Scale; perform the role of caregiver of an elderly person for at least three months; carry out their activities for at least four hours a day and be of legal age
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Care that presents deficits that make it impossible to understand the tests; caregivers who are not available to participate in all stages of the research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find an effect of empathy training capable of contributing to the advancement of understanding of the relationship between empathy and burden in paid and unpaid caregivers of the older adults;It is expected to find an effect on empathy training as an increase in the level of this skill, especially in the cognitive domain, and consequently a decrease in the level of burden on caregivers of older people | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMadson Alan Maximiano-Barreto
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Outcome results
None listed