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Intervention to Improve Social and Family Support for Caregivers of Dependent Patients. (ICIAS)

NCT02065427 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 282

Last updated 2014-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine wether a multi-factor intervention involving the primary caregiver of a dependent patient, with the goal of improving his or her social and family support and carried out by the professionals of the patient's regular PHCT, will decrease the burden and increase quality of life for the primary caregiver.

Conditions

  • Dependency Burden

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Support

a) PHCT professionals: standardized training to implement caregivers intervention. b) Caregivers: 1 individualized counselling session, 1 family session, and 4 educational group sessions conducted by participating PHCT professionals; in addition to usual home health care visits, periodic telephone follow-up contact and unlimited telephone support.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut Catala de Salut

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Catalan Society of Family Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Magdalena I Rosell-Murphy, MD · Institut Català de la Salut

  • Josep Mª Bonet, MD · Institut Català de la Salut

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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