Alzheimer's Family Caregiver Intervention in Vietnam

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia Alzheimers

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychosocial caregiver intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03100617

1084736

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single arm pilot study of 6-8 families to test the feasibility and acceptability of a Alzheimer's family caregiver intervention in Vietnam.

Full description

This is a single arm pilot study of 6-8 families to test the feasibility and acceptability of a modified version of the REACH-VA caregiver intervention in Vietnam. The REACH-VA caregiver intervention is an evidence-based intervention that has been shown to be effective in multicultural populations in the US. The model has been modified for use in Vietnam. This study will test the modified model in Vietnam. Participants in this study will be adult family caregivers of non-institutionalized persons with dementia who are living in Hanoi, Vietnam. They will receive 4-6 sessions delivered over the course of 2-3 months that will included the following components: 1) education about the nature of the disease, 2) risk assessment, 3) enhancing caregiver skills and problem-solving, and 4) caregiver stress reduction. The intervention will be delivered by a social worker or nurse using a Vietnamese language versions of the REACH-VA protocol and caregiver intervention notebook.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary adult family caregiver of person with dementia

Exclusion criteria

• Caregivers of persons with dementia who are institutionalized

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

REACH-VA family caregiver intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral intervention with several components including 1) caregiver education, 2) risk assessment, 3) caregiver needs assessment, 4) caregiver skill building and problem solving, and 4) caregiver stress reduction.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychosocial caregiver intervention