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Effectiveness of the Reitman Centre CARERS Group Intervention on Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

NCT04490135 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 264

Last updated 2020-07-29

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Summary

Family caregivers (CG) of persons with dementia are vulnerable to disproportionate physical, mental and social adverse health consequences . The Reitman Centre CARERS program is an innovative, group psychotherapeutic skills-training intervention.

Study objective: to determine the effectiveness of the Reitman Centre CARERS program on key outcomes in family CGs of people with dementia. Study sample: Family CGs of people with dementia (n=264) referred to Reitman Center and the partner sites and wait-list control group (n=83) who received regular care. Method: quasi-experimental, non-randomized, multiple group trial; participants were evaluated before and after completion of the 8-week CARERS program in comparison.

Conditions

  • Carer Stress Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group psychotherapy

As described above

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joel Sadavoy · MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-01
Primary Completion
2017-09-30
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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