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An In-home Respite Care Program to Support Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia

NCT02630446 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 355

Last updated 2019-04-24

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Summary

The general objective of this quasi-experimental study is to assess the effectiveness of an in-home respite care program compared to a control group not receiving the same type of in-home respite on the well-being of the caregiver, the care-recipient and on the healthcare system. The latter in terms of resource use, intention to institutionalize the care-recipient and time to nursing home placement.

A quasi-experimental study will be designed. The intervention group will consist of caregiver/care-recipient dyads receiving an in-home respite program called "Baluchonnage" and will be compared to a control group that doesn't receive "Baluchonnage". Comparison between the groups will be done by collecting health related and economic data. The trial will evaluate outcomes as well in the caregiver as in the care recipient (measured via the caregiver). The primary research outcome is caregiver burden. Secondary outcomes for caregivers are: health related quality of life and reactions to behavioral problems of the care-recipient. A secondary outcome related to the care-recipient is: frequency of behavioral problems. Secondary outcomes for the healthcare system are: intention to institutionalize the recipient into a nursing home and resource use of the recipient. Finally, in a follow up phase of the trial possible differences in time to nursing home placement will be measured (as well as burden and intention to institutionalize. Additionally, willingness to pay for "Baluchonnage" per day will be asked to the informal caregivers. Eventually, if the intervention is effective, modeled and trial based cost-effectiveness analyses will be undertaken in a separate economic evaluation plan.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

in-home respite care program

During the respite care period, lasting at least five days, a trained or experienced care worker for persons with dementia takes over all caregiving tasks while the informal caregiver is absent. The care worker thus temporary moves into the house of the person with dementia. The care worker also writes down his/her observations in a diary as well as daily experiences and strategies on how to manage the difficult behaviors the caregivers listed before. So additionally to the provision of respite, this program also includes caregiver support and psycho-education. This support enables the caregiver to validate theirs perceptions, to learn how to deal with difficult behaviors and to feel understood by somebody.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • InBev-Baillet Latour Fund

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Baluchon Alzheimer Belgium vzw

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lieven Annemans, PhD · University Ghent

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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