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Evaluation of the Stroke Caregiver Education and Support Program

NCT01355029 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2016-03-16

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Summary

The study will be evaluating to a 4 week education and support program for stroke caregivers. The 4 week program will provide education, information, and strategies for dealing with areas that caregivers may find challenging in their caregiving role. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of the program to decrease the caregiver's stress, strain and burden, increase the caregiver's knowledge of strategies and community services and increase their role satisfaction as a stroke caregiver and quality of life two weeks after the program and 6 months after the program.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Stroke Caregiver Education and Support Program

4 week program offered weekly over a 4 week period. Each session is a 2 hour small group guided discussion on the topic area facilitated by 2 trained facilitators. The topics are: Program Introduction, sharing Caregiving Stories and an introduction to Self Management; Community Connections; Session 3 and 4 are chosen by the participants during session 1 from 6 possible options: Communication in your relationship; Cognition, Memory and Personhood; Dealing with your Emotions; Managing your Stress; Changing roles in your relationships and How to be Caregiver Smart?

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    collaborator OTHER

  • March of Dimes, Canada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gail Mores, B.Sc. Rec. · March of Dimes, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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