Trialling an Online UK Dementia Awareness for Caregivers Course

NCT ID: NCT05887063

Last Updated: 2023-06-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-13

Study Completion Date

2022-12-06

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an online Dementia Awareness Course is feasible for delivery and acceptable to informal caregivers of people living with dementia in the UK. It will also explore the impact of the course on different caregiver outcomes.

Detailed Description

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All participants were given information on the study before providing informed consent. The participants were screened against eligibility criteria before being randomly allocated to either the treatment condition of attending the course, or the control condition of treatment as usual. Participants completed 5 outcome measures and a demographics questionnaire at baseline. The treatment group then attended a one-off half-day Dementia Awareness Course online, delivered by one trainee clinical psychologist. A month later, all participants completed the same 5 outcome measures and those who attended the course also attended a one-to-one half an hour online semi-structured interview.

Conditions

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Dementia Caregiver Burden

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Dementia Awareness Course

Participants attended one half-day Dementia Awareness course as a part of a group, delivered online

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dementia Awareness Course UK

Intervention Type OTHER

An online course delivered to a small group of informal caregivers in between 3 and 4 hours. The course is made up of three modules: what is dementia, positive engagement and caring for someone with dementia. The course is delivered by one facilitator and includes teaching, discussions and activities.

Treatment as Usual

Participants did not receive any active treatment but were able to access their usual supports

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dementia Awareness Course UK

An online course delivered to a small group of informal caregivers in between 3 and 4 hours. The course is made up of three modules: what is dementia, positive engagement and caring for someone with dementia. The course is delivered by one facilitator and includes teaching, discussions and activities.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Self-identified informal caregiver of a person living with dementia in the community.
* Residing in the U.K.
* Ability to engage in a course delivered in English
* Have access to an internet-connected device capable of videoconferencing (camera and microphone functioning)
* Available to attend pre-specified dates for DAC-UK delivery.

Exclusion Criteria

* Person living with dementia residing in residential care
* Professional caregiver of people living with dementia.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University College, London

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Aimee Spector

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UCL

Locations

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University College London

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Stoner CR, Lakshminarayanan M, Mograbi DC, Vaitheswaran S, Bertrand E, Schimidt Brum P, Durgante H, Ferri CP, Mkenda S, Walker R, Dotchin C, Paddick SM, Chandra M, Krishna M, Du B, Shaji KS, Fisher E, Spector A. Development and acceptability of a brief, evidence-based Dementia Awareness for Caregivers course in low- and middle-income countries. Dementia (London). 2022 Feb;21(2):598-617. doi: 10.1177/14713012211055316. Epub 2021 Dec 9.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 34886707 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

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22375.001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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