The Effects of Integrated Face-to-face Rehabilitation and Telerehabilitation on the Well-being of Family Caregivers

Social Insurance Institution, Finland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Family Caregivers; Informal Caregivers; Caregivers

Treatments: Other: Integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation; Other: Social Holidays; Other: Face-to-face rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05678946

SocialII

Details and patient eligibility

About

This controlled, non-randomized study (n=180) explores how participating in rehabilitation services for family caregivers affects the caregivers' mood, perceived quality of life, perceived burden of family care, and overall health. Rehabilitation services for family caregivers funded by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) include two 5-day periods of face-to-face rehabilitation and a 12-week telerehabilitation period, which is based on The Own Path internet intervention and takes place between the face-to-face rehabilitation periods. The observed changes are compared to participating in two other services: 1) Social Holidays for family caregivers and 2) Kela's rehabilitation services for family caregivers and the family members they are caring for (care recipients).

Enrollment: 195 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• family caregiver

• being 18 years of age or older

• providing daily care for an adult family member

• participating in one of following:

  1. the Kela's integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation service for family caregivers,
  2. the MTLH's face-to-face Social Holidays for family caregivers or
  3. the Kela's face-to-face rehabilitation services for family caregivers and care recipients

• willingness to participate in the study

Trial design

195 participants in 3 patient groups

Integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation

Description:

Participation in integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation services for family caregivers organized by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)

Treatment:

Other: Integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation

Social Holidays

Description:

Participation in face-to-face Social Holidays for family caregivers organized by Maaseudun Terveys- ja Lomahuolto (MTLH), a non-profit organization

Treatment:

Other: Social Holidays

Face-to-face rehabilitation

Description:

Participation in face-to-face rehabilitation services for family caregivers and the care recipients organized by Kela

Treatment:

Other: Face-to-face rehabilitation