Mental Health of carers in dementia
Conditions
Interventions
Setting: The Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association of Thailand (ADRA) (Alzheimer Thailand, 2023).
Randomization: The experimental and control groups will be randomly assigned follow
Sponsors
Faculty of Nursing, Thammasat University
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) A family caregiver, male and female aged 20–59 years, unpaid and living as a family member with an older adult diagnosed with moderate to severe dementia. (2) Able to read, speak, and write in Thai. (3) Able to use Internet-based communication; the family caregivers of older adults with mid-term/severe dementia will use video calls via the LINE application, Facebook, Google Meet, or Zoom application. (4) Provision of care for at least 3 months and performing caregiving tasks for at least 4 hours daily. (5) Mild to moderate level perception of depression. (****9Q =7-18 score) ***Patient Health Questionnaire for Screening Major Depression (9Q), Thai Version.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Caregivers with health problems such as congestive heart failure, cancer, asthma, neurological disease who cannot participate in the activities. (2) Psychiatric disorders such as severe schizophrenia or severe depression.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The burden of caregiving as assessed by the Burden of Caregiving Scale; the Zarit Burden Interview, translated into Thai. The Zarit Burden Interview for dementia caregivers contains 22 questions with scoring for each question divided into a 5-point rating scale. [Week 0 (baseline), After week 4, Week 8. ] Depression of caregivers as assessed by a Depression Scale; The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Thai version. This consists of a 20-item measure that asks caregivers to rate the frequency with which they experienced depressive symptoms such as restless sleep, poor appetite, and feelings of isolation during the past week. [Week 0 (baseline), After week 4, Week 8.] Self-esteem of carers as assessed by a Self-esteem Scale; the Rosenberg’s Self-esteem scale, Thai version (RSES-TR-10). The scale was created to measure feelings of self-acceptance and self-esteem. The ten questions consist of five positive questions, five negative questions, and an inverse rating on 5-point scales. [Week 0 (baseline), After week 4, Week 8.] | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactYadarat Baljay
Advanced Practice Nurse (Gerontological Nursing) and Ph.D. Candidate
Outcome results
None listed