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Supporting Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Pilot Study

NCT00908492 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2015-04-07

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to pilot the home Environmental Skill-Building Program (ESP) and an educational control intervention with persons with dementia and their caregivers (n=40) in preparation for a larger double-blind randomized controlled trial. Caregivers of persons with dementia often deal with difficult behaviors. The ESP is an occupational therapy intervention that helps caregivers adapt to their environment and build care-giving skills. The areas addressed include changes to the home set-up, adaptive equipment, instruction in strategies of problem-solving, energy conservation, safe task performance, and fall recovery techniques. A trial is needed with methodological rigor and to determine if the intervention is feasible in the Canadian health care system. Results will contribute to understanding how caregivers and people with dementia can be supported in their home environments.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education Control

Caregiver participants are provided with information about caregiver stress and discuss it individually with an interventionist who visits the home. The control intervention involves 5 visits over 6 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Environmental Skill Building

The ESP intervention addresses home modifications and training in their use, instruction in strategies of problem-solving, energy conservation, safe task performance, fall recovery techniques, and balance and muscle strength training. Intervention is individualized for target areas identified in the initial client assessment and caregiver interview. The intervention involves using a problem solving approach and client-centred focus and the intervention assessment tools are individualized measures which determine the goals identified by the caregiver. It involves 5 visits over 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lori Letts · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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