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The Peer Support Study

NCT05070624 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Competent family caregivers (FC) are essential for successful caring for individuals with NMD. However, family caregiving is known to contribute to significant FC burden and social isolation, and negatively affects FC health. Infrastructure to support FCs is paramount to ensure that individuals with NMD can safely remain at home. Individuals with NMD have complex health problems, require a lot of care and they use the healthcare system often. COVID-19 physical distancing has increased the care burden and social isolation for many FCs. Infrastructure to support FCs is paramount to ensure that individuals with NMD can safely remain at home. Peer support includes emotional and informational support by an individual that has experienced a similar health problem. It improves health-related quality of life, increases self-efficacy and empowerment, and decreases stress in various patient and caregiver populations. With our study we plan to educate and empower individuals with NMD and their caregivers and develop a comprehensive peer support program.

Conditions

  • Neuromuscular Diseases

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Virtual Peer Support Program

Training: We have previously developed and beta-tested a virtual peer mentor training program adapted from the St. Jude's Research Hospital's (Memphis, USA) program for FCs of children with cancer for adults using HMV. Content \& Design of the Virtual Peer-Support Program: The program will be delivered by the aTouchAway™ App used for the LIVE program. Participants will be requested to access peer mentors ≥1 time/week. Participants can choose to interact with a peer mentor which will be assigned as well as other peer participants. Onboarding: Participants and mentors will create a personal profile of their caregiving situation (e.g., duration of care, family member age and diagnosis), to enable selection of mentors by the research team believed to be well suited to address support needs, questions, and concerns based on similar lived experience.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Reshma Amin, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-15
Primary Completion
2024-08-28
Completion
2024-12-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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