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Evaluating the Effectiveness and Implementation of Caregiver Support Initiatives for Caregivers of Older Patients in Singapore

NCT07090837 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2025-07-29

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Summary

We are evaluating the caregiver support initiatives at a tertiary hospital in Singapore (Tan Tock Seng Hospital - TTSH) provided to caregivers caring for older patients.

The evaluation will focus on 1) evaluating the process / delivery / implementation of these initiatives to caregivers and 2) the outcomes of caregivers and their care recipients after receiving these caregiver support services at TTSH. Research questions are as follows:

Process evaluation:

1. How are the bundle(s) of caregiver support initiatives at TTSH delivered to caregivers?
2. What and how was impact achieved for these initiatives?

Outcome evaluation:
3. Did caregivers (and patients) benefit from these support initiatives and how?
4. Which aspects of the caregiver support initiatives are most beneficial to caregivers (and patients)?

Eligible caregivers will be invited to take part in the study and to complete 3 surveys and an optional interview over the period of their care recipients' hospital stay at TTSH, and 2 months after discharge. During their care recipients' stay, they may be introduced to any of the caregiver support initiatives, based on their needs. Caregivers enrolled in this study will take part in 3 surveys - 1 conducted at the beginning of care recipients' hospital stay, 1 conducted around the discharge period and 1 conducted one month after discharge. The aim of the surveys is to find out if caregivers have attended or used any of these services and whether they benefited from them.

Conditions

  • Caregiver
  • Caregiver Stress
  • Caregiver Resilience and Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Caregiver Support Model

1. CarePal: A one-stop resource library for caregivers of older adults 2. Nasogastric tube (NGT) webapp: An electronic training platform to learn NGT feeding and management 3. Carer OnBoard programme 4. Caregiver resources in NHG Health App (NHA): Relevant healthcare professionals or TTSH staff will introduce caregivers to the resources they may need in the NHA app. 5. Carer guide, a resource booklet providing information and community resources for caregivers. 6. Group Caregiver Training, for caregivers who are able to attend group caregiver training (instead of learning at the bedside); 7. NHG Care Telephonic team to provide telephonic support to caregivers post-discharge. 8. Nurses or other healthcare professionals providing relevant information on community programmes

OTHER

Standard caregiver support

Participants are provided standard bedside caregiver education as appropriate and information reinforcement through leaflets and booklets

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-08
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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