Group Therapy for Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients in Spanish Elderly Persons Centres (cuiDem)

Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer's Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychotherapy groups; Behavioral: Self-help groups

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02418806

cuiDem/FBB-0113

Details and patient eligibility

About

An experimental study designed to test the effectiveness of a psychological intervention based on group therapy for the caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients. The intervention consists of 16 sessions of a cognitive-behavioral psychological group therapy. This study aims to demonstrate that Alzheimer's patients' caregivers can decrease the feelings of burden after been involved in a group therapy.

Enrollment: 231 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Main caregiver of an Alzheimer Disease Patient.
• Alzheimer Disease Patient with mild/severe cognitive impairment.
• High compliance to therapy sessions.
• Sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Low commitment to develop all study phases.
• Caregiver activity remunerated.
• Caregiver with psychiatric disorders that can affect the development of the sessions.
• Caregivers who have received psychological care during last year.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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231 participants in 3 patient groups

Therapy group with follow up sessions

Experimental group

Description:

Weekly psychotherapy groups during 4 months with a monthly follow up period (12 months)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychotherapy groups

Therapy group without follow up sessions

Experimental group

Description:

Weekly psychotherapy groups during 4 months

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychotherapy groups

Active comparator group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Weekly self-help groups during 4 months with a monthly follow up period (12 months)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-help groups