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Positive Dementia Caregiving: Clinical Trial of an Online Training Program

NCT06409455 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 274

Last updated 2025-10-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn if a new online training program is helpful to dementia family caregivers. This online program is fully computerized and supports 24/7 access from any location. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the training program improves the participants' well-being and sense of positive meaning?
* If the program is found to be helpful, does it work through enhancing caregivers' self-belief or getting them to practice positive interpretation of caregiving challenges?

To answer these questions, researchers will compare the online program to a waitlist control.

Participants will:

* Use the intervention (requiring internet access) in a self-guided manner
* Respond to brief questionnaires at the beginning, and 1, 2 and 3 months afterwards

Conditions

  • Caregiver Stress Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Positive Dementia Caregiving in 30 Days

Based on an evidence-based face-to-face Benefit-Finding Intervention, a computer-delivered web-based program supporting 24/7 access without location restriction, is developed. It is a psychoeducation program with an emphasis on strengthening caregivers' coping capacity through skills training and developing a positive way of looking at caregiving challenges. The program consists of reading materials, illustrated texts, caregivers' testimonies, a chatbot, and several interactive apps to facilitate self-learning at the caregiver's own pace.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Education University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheung-Tak Cheng, PhD · The Education University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-19
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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