Intervention in Informal Caregivers Who Care Older People After a Stroke: a Pilot Study in Northern Portugal
NCT ID: NCT02074501
Last Updated: 2014-02-28
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
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158 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-01-31
2014-10-31
Brief Summary
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Objectives: This pilot study aims to implement and evaluate the impact of an intervention based on training and telephone support delivered to informal caregivers who care after older people post-stroke.
Setting: Community health units in Northern Portugal region. Design/Methods: This single blinded randomized trial will be delivered by a community nursing team to informal caregivers 1 week, 1 and 3 months after a hospital discharge.
Study outcome(s): The primary outcomes will be informal caregivers´ empowerment. Secondary outcomes will include burden and health quality of life in caregivers; functionality, hospital readmission and institutionalization of older people stroke survivors, measured 1 and 3 months after intervention.
Results/Conclusion: Data collection started in February and will be concluded in August 2014. First results will be published at the beginning of 2015. The InCARE programme will be the first pilot in informal caregivers study ever conducted in Portugal. It will highlight new ways to support caregivers who take care of older people after a stroke. If successful, this study will be translational and it will also allow to disseminate the results in Portugal and abroad and implement it as best practice.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
SINGLE
Study Groups
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training capacity in caregivers
The participants of the InCARE programme (intervention group) will receive, additionally, intervention based on: (i) empowering caregivers to put "hands on" caring, which will be the key-point of the pilot programme; (ii) training handling techniques: mobility, bathing, (un)dressing, transferring, positioning, eating and drinking using technical aids, after 1 week, 1 month and 3 months, post hospital discharge; (iii) using telephone support, counselling caregivers on 3rd, 6th, 8th and 10th weeks post discharge. It aims at facilitating the caregivers 'adjustment to stroke demands, increasing knowledge and practical skills to support their decision-making.
training capacity in caregivers
The participants of the InCARE programme (intervention group) will receive, additionally, intervention based on: (i) empowering caregivers to put "hands on" caring, which will be the key-point of the pilot programme; (ii) training handling techniques: mobility, bathing, (un)dressing, transferring, positioning, eating and drinking using technical aids, after 1 week, 1 month and 3 months, post hospital discharge.
Interventions
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training capacity in caregivers
The participants of the InCARE programme (intervention group) will receive, additionally, intervention based on: (i) empowering caregivers to put "hands on" caring, which will be the key-point of the pilot programme; (ii) training handling techniques: mobility, bathing, (un)dressing, transferring, positioning, eating and drinking using technical aids, after 1 week, 1 month and 3 months, post hospital discharge.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Minho
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Odete Araújo
PhD
Principal Investigators
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Odete Araújo, PhDs;MSc;RN
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Minho
Locations
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Odete Araújo
Braga, Norte, Portugal
Countries
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References
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Grant JS, Elliott TR, Weaver M, Bartolucci AA, Giger JN. Telephone intervention with family caregivers of stroke survivors after rehabilitation. Stroke. 2002 Aug;33(8):2060-5. doi: 10.1161/01.str.0000020711.38824.e3.
Kalra L, Evans A, Perez I, Melbourn A, Patel A, Knapp M, Donaldson N. Training carers of stroke patients: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2004 May 8;328(7448):1099. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1099.
Larson J, Franzen-Dahlin A, Billing E, Arbin M, Murray V, Wredling R. The impact of a nurse-led support and education programme for spouses of stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Nurs. 2005 Sep;14(8):995-1003. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01206.x.
Marsden D, Quinn R, Pond N, Golledge R, Neilson C, White J, McElduff P, Pollack M. A multidisciplinary group programme in rural settings for community-dwelling chronic stroke survivors and their carers: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabil. 2010 Apr;24(4):328-41. doi: 10.1177/0269215509344268. Epub 2010 Feb 22.
McBride KL, White CL, Sourial R, Mayo N. Postdischarge nursing interventions for stroke survivors and their families. J Adv Nurs. 2004 Jul;47(2):192-200. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03078.x.
Truelsen T, Piechowski-Jozwiak B, Bonita R, Mathers C, Bogousslavsky J, Boysen G. Stroke incidence and prevalence in Europe: a review of available data. Eur J Neurol. 2006 Jun;13(6):581-98. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01138.x.
Correia M, Silva MR, Matos I, Magalhaes R, Lopes JC, Ferro JM, Silva MC. Prospective community-based study of stroke in Northern Portugal: incidence and case fatality in rural and urban populations. Stroke. 2004 Sep;35(9):2048-53. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000137606.34301.13. Epub 2004 Jul 15.
Other Identifiers
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44/2013
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id