"Living Together With Dementia"_Creation and Validation of a Training Program for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia to Live at Home

Centro Hospitalar De São João, E.P.E.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Other: psychoeducation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03015428

LTWD1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to experimentally evaluate the training program for family caregivers of people with dementia_"Living together with Dementia."

Full description

This study will begin in March 2016, with the initial assessment of family caregivers of people with dementia.

These were recruited through hospital neurology clinic and must comply with a set of pre-established criteria.

It is expected a total of 20 participants in the study (10 in the experimental group and 10 in control group).

Interventions will take place over the months of March and April. The final evaluation is scheduled for late April and the follow up to July 2016.

an evaluation document itself for this study was built.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be primary caregiver of the person with dementia
• Be able to read and write
• Carers of peolpe with dementia in initial or moderate stage

Exclusion criteria

• The person with dementia have severe mental pathologies associated

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Psychoeducation

Experimental group

Description:

Interventions: Give information Teach and train strategies

Treatment:

Other: psychoeducation