Pilot Study of the Living With Hope Program for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia Residing in Long Term Care
NCT ID: NCT02038192
Last Updated: 2015-01-08
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
21 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-10-31
2014-10-31
Brief Summary
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30 participants will be recruited from St. Joseph's Auxiliary hospital, the Alzheimer's Society of Alberta, and the Alberta Caregivers Association in Edmonton based on inclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: treatment (Watching a film on hope and Stories of the Present for one month); low dose group (Stories of the Present only); or usual care group. In all groups measures of hope, quality of life, self-efficacy and guild will be collected at visit 1, day 7, day 14 and one month in addition to demographic information. Participants in group 1 and 2 (treatment group) will be asked to describe what they were thinking about when doing the hope activities on day 7, 14 and one month using qualitative interviews. At one month all participants will be interviewed using open ended audio-taped questions to help evaluate the study procedures
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Detailed Description
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Aims: The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the LWHP and collect preliminary data on the effectiveness of the Living with Hope Program for family members of persons with dementia residing in LTC.
Sample: Shannon Stachnik (Social Worker St. Joseph's Auxiliary Hospital), Arlene Huhn (Alzheimer's Society of Alberta - Edmonton) and Anna Mann (Alberta Caregivers Association) will identify potential participants based on the inclusion criteria. They will make contact and ask if the potential participants are willing to talk with a research nurse about the study. If they agree the research nurse will contact potential participants. Inclusion criterion for participants are: a) 18 years of age and older, b) English speaking, and c) have a family member or friend with dementia who resides in LTC.
The research nurse will contact potential participants and ask them when it will be a convenient time to meet with and obtain written informed consent.
Design: Using a mixed-methods randomized control trial (Quantitative +qualitative) design, 30 participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) treatment (Watching a film on hope and Stories of the Present for one month), 2) low dose group (Stories of the Present only) or 3) usual care group. In all groups, demographic information, and baseline, day 7 ,14 and one month, measures of hope (Herth Hope Index), quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), general self-efficacy (General Self-Efficacy Scale) and guilt (Caregiver Guilt Questionnaire) will be collected by a trained research nurse. Participants in group 1 and 2 (treatment group) will be asked to describe what they were thinking about when doing the hope activities on day 7, 14 and one month using qualitative interviews. At one month all participants will be interviewed using open ended audiotaped questions to help evaluate the study procedures
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Living with Hope Program
All participants in this group will receive the Living with Hope Program. It consists of viewing a 15 minute film on hope. Then for 5 minutes at the end of each day to write "Stories of the Present"to work on over one month. Stories of the present is a directed journaling activity which includes writing challenges of the day, what was their hope that day and what would be their hope tomorrow.
Living with Hope Program
The Living with Hope Program is based on the research team's grounded theory study "Hope and Connection". The film " Connecting with Hope" reflects the findings of the grounded theory study. Stories of the Present has been utilized in the team's previous research with family caregivers of persons with advanced cancer.
Stories of the Present
Participants in this group will write Stories of the Present and not see the film.
Stories of the Present
Stories of the Present is a directed journaling activity in which participants write in a journal at the end of the day their challenges, hope and hope for tomorrow
Usual Care
Participants in this group will not receive an intervention. Data collection for outcome variables will be the same as the participants in the other arms.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Living with Hope Program
The Living with Hope Program is based on the research team's grounded theory study "Hope and Connection". The film " Connecting with Hope" reflects the findings of the grounded theory study. Stories of the Present has been utilized in the team's previous research with family caregivers of persons with advanced cancer.
Stories of the Present
Stories of the Present is a directed journaling activity in which participants write in a journal at the end of the day their challenges, hope and hope for tomorrow
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* English speaking
* Have a family member or friend with dementia who resides in Long Term Care.
Exclusion Criteria
* cognitively impaired as determined by the Registered Nurse (RN) researcher
* unable to participate, in the opinion of the RN researcher
* non-English speaking
* does not have a family member or friend with dementia in Long Term Care
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Alberta
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Wendy D. Duggleby, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Alberta
Locations
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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Pro00041954
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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