Randomized Controlled Trial to Test an Alzheimer's Family Caregiver Intervention in Vietnam

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Family Caregivers

Treatments: Behavioral: REACH-VIETNAM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03587974

1223433

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a cluster randomized controlled trial to determine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of culturally adapted psychosocial intervention for Alzheimer's family caregivers in Vietnam. The psychosocial intervention is being compared with an enhance control condition.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Family member providing care to someone in household with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitively impaired

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

REACH-VN

Experimental group

Description:

In-home psychosocial intervention to enhance caregiver knowledge and skills and to reduce stress delivered in 4-6 sessions over the course of 2-3 months

Treatment:

Behavioral: REACH-VIETNAM

Enhanced control

No Intervention group

Description:

Single session with education about nature of dementia