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Facilitating Caregiver Adaptation to Patient Institutionalization

NCT01194128 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 217

Last updated 2015-12-02

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Summary

This study will assess the effects of an intervention targeting family caregivers who recently placed a relative in a long-term care facility because of cognitive and/or physical disability. In a two group randomized clinical trial we predict that caregivers assigned to active treatment will have lower levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and greater satisfaction with the long-term care facility when compared to individuals assigned to the control condition.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational Support

The intervention is comprised of three modules, each of which has multiple components. Module One provides basic education about the clinical aspects of frailty as well as the organization and operating procedures of long-term care facilities. Module Two focuses on advanced care planning, and Module Three is designed to improve the emotional well-being of family caregivers. The intervention will be delivered via 11 sessions lasting approximately 90 minutes each distributed over a six-month period. All family caregivers will begin with the Basic Knowledge Module. Modules Two and Three will be delivered in alternating sessions, based on caregiver need and preference, a strategy successfully used in the REACH intervention trial.

BEHAVIORAL

Information only control group

Participants in the control group will receive a portion of the standardized packet of written information that is also provided to the treatment group. The fact sheets are relevant to the placement of a family member into a nursing home and are linked to the content areas covered in the intervention. Documents in this packet include "Caregiving and Depression," "End of Life Decision Making," and "Taking Care of You: Self-Care for Family Caregivers" from the Family Caregiver Alliance; and "Family Involvement in Nursing Home Care," "Problem Solving," and "Residents' Rights" from the National Citizen's Coalition. Also provided will be a resource guide containing local contact information.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard Schulz, PH.D. · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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