Intervention in Groups of Family Caregivers in Primary Health Care

Summary

Although Primary Health Care (PHC) Teams are used to deal with prevention and treatment of sanitary problems in adults with chronic diseases, they usually have a lack of experience in development of psychotherapeutic interventions. However, these interventions are the ones that achieve better results to reduce symptomatology and improve emotional state of caregivers.

The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention of psychotherapy in improving the mental health and quality of life of caregivers. This intervention is based on theoretical approaches to care adjusted to cognitive theory, in order to be applied in primary health care centres.

To assess a cognitive-behavioural intervention to modify dysfunctional thoughts to properly face the care.

Conditions

• Mental Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychotherapeutic intervention

A psychotherapeutic intervention will be 8 sessions of 90 minutes in a pilot study groups. This intervention has been initially developed for family caregivers of patients with dementia.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundacion para la Investigacion y Formacion en Ciencias de la Salud

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rodriguez-Sanchez Emiliano, MD · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain.

• Mora-Simón Sara · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain.

• Porras-Santos Nieves · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla y León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain.

• Patino-Alonso M. Carmen, MD · Departamento de Estadística. Universidad de Salamanca. Salamanca. Spain.

• Recio-Rodríguez José-Ignacio · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain

• Becerro-Muñoz Concepción, MD · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain

• Pérez-Arachaederra Diana · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain

• Gómez-Marcos Manuel-Ángel, md · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain

• García Ortiz Luís, MD · La Alamedilla Health Center, Castilla-León Health Service - SACYL, Salamanca, Spain

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-09-30

Primary Completion

2009-06-30

Completion

2010-09-30

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations