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Self-administered Acupressure for Symptom Management of Caregiver Stress

NCT02526446 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 207

Last updated 2019-04-10

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Summary

This proposed study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-administered acupressure intervention on caregiver stress and associated distress symptoms of fatigue, insomnia and depression in Chinese family caregivers of an elderly family member.

Conditions

  • Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Self-administered acupressure

The intervention consists of a total of 28 hours over a period of 8 weeks: i) Individual learning and practice: The training session will be one-on-one provided twice a week for two consecutive weeks (5 hours) in the participant's home. ii) Self-practice at home: From 3rd to 8th week, participant will engage in self-administered acupressure at home for 15 minutes twice a day for 6 weeks (21 hours). iii) Home follow-up: During the 3rd and 4th week (i.e. after the 2-week training session), a 1-hour home visit will be conducted for reinforcement of learning and self-practice by the same team of trainers once a week for 2 weeks (2 hours).

OTHER

wait-list control

The control group will receive a wait-list control condition (the same self-administered acupressure intervention but after the intervention group has completed the treatment condition).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes Tiwari, PhD · School of Nursing, HKU

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-31
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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