The Effect on Caregivers of a Family Support Program

Sakarya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caregiver Burnout

Treatments: Other: Family Support Program Based on a Nurse-Led Case Management Model

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05542472

16214662/050.0104/127

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a family support program based on the nurse-led case management model on individuals providing care for patients who are confined to bed at home.

Full description

It is of paramount importance to enable the patients receiving home care and their relatives to adapt social life, to fulfil their social integration, to relieve the burden of family members of the individual in need of care, especially the individual providing care, by supporting them in the environment where they live. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the effect of the family support program based on the nurse-led case management model for family members who care for bedridden patients.The family support program based on a five-stage nurse-led case management model is administered for the caregivers in the intervention group, the caregivers in the control group is monitored by home health services through routine follow-ups. The research will conducted as a randomized controlled study with an experimental design.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• To have been taking care of the caregiver for at least 6 months,
• Being literate
• Not to have sensory loss such as vision and hearing,
• Being open to communication and cooperation,
• Internet access and being able to use it,
• Having a phone where he can be reached,
• Not receiving any remuneration for the provision of care,
• Having a family bond with the person being cared for.

Exclusion criteria

• Caregivers who do not meet the inclusion criteria,
• Caregivers who did not give consent at any stage of the study and left.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will perform on the caregivers in the control group. The patients will continue to receive care under public services.

Interventional group

Experimental group

Description:

A Family Support Program Based on the Nurse-Led Case Management Model will create for the caregivers in the intervention group. The nurse-led case management model is made up of five basic nursing activities. First Nursing Activity: Determining individuals who can benefit from the case management model Second Nursing Activity: Establishing individuals' problems and care needs Third Nursing Activity: Planning nursing activities to meet the determined needs Fourth Nursing Activity: Implementing nursing activities Fifth Nursing Activity: Regular review, monitoring and assessment of nursing activities

Treatment:

Other: Family Support Program Based on a Nurse-Led Case Management Model