Psychological Counseling Program for Alzheimer's Patients' Caregivers

NCT ID: NCT06755476

Last Updated: 2025-01-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-15

Study Completion Date

2025-08-15

Brief Summary

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Purpose: To investigate the effects of a psychological counseling program (PsychoCP) applied to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients on perceived stress, psychological well-being and care burden.

Design: The study will be conducted in a pre-test post-test control group, randomized controlled experimental research design.

Method: The study is planned to be carried out in Bağcılar Municipality Vefahâne Life Center, Antalya Alzheimer Patients and Patient Relatives Meeting Center and Osmaniye Family and Social Policies Directorate. The sample of the study will consist of 80 caregivers. They will be assigned to intervention (n=40) and control groups (n=40) by randomization.

Hypotheses Hypothesis1: The perceived stress level of caregivers who received PsychoDP is lower than those who did not receive PsychoCP.

Hypothesis2: The psychological well-being levels of caregivers who received PsychoDP are higher than those who did not receive PsychoCP.

Hypothesis3: The care burden of caregivers who received PsychoDP is lower than those who did not receive PsychoCP.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alzheimer Disease Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease or Memory Problem Patients Perceived Stress Well-Being (Psychological Flourishing) Care Burden

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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PsychoCP

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychological Counseling Program

Intervention Type OTHER

The Psychological Counseling Program consists of 8 sessions for caregivers of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Aims of the sessions:

Session 1: Introduction, Collection of pretest data Session 2: It is aimed to inform Alzheimer's caregivers about the disease and its symptoms.

Session 3: It is aimed to strengthen caregivers' coping skills. Session 4: It is aimed to inform Alzheimer's patients about daily care practices.

Session 5: It is aimed to provide information to Alzheimer's caregivers about coping with stress.

Session 6: It is aimed to provide information about medical and financial support that individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's and their relatives can receive in the region they live.

Session 7: It is aimed to conduct Q\&A sessions on the problems that caregivers bring.

Session 8: Collection of posttest data Sessions will be completed in 8 weeks, one day a week. Each session is planned to last approximately 60 minutes.

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Psychological Counseling Program

The Psychological Counseling Program consists of 8 sessions for caregivers of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Aims of the sessions:

Session 1: Introduction, Collection of pretest data Session 2: It is aimed to inform Alzheimer's caregivers about the disease and its symptoms.

Session 3: It is aimed to strengthen caregivers' coping skills. Session 4: It is aimed to inform Alzheimer's patients about daily care practices.

Session 5: It is aimed to provide information to Alzheimer's caregivers about coping with stress.

Session 6: It is aimed to provide information about medical and financial support that individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's and their relatives can receive in the region they live.

Session 7: It is aimed to conduct Q\&A sessions on the problems that caregivers bring.

Session 8: Collection of posttest data Sessions will be completed in 8 weeks, one day a week. Each session is planned to last approximately 60 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Providing informal care to an individual with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease
* Being a primary caregiver
* Providing care to the patient for at least six months
* Providing care to the patient for at least six hours per day
* Being literate
* Being able to speak and understand Turkish
* Being 18 years of age or older
* Being willing and able to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Not being able to understand questions and express ideas
* Having a psychiatric disorder
* Not receiving any therapy services during the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Aydan Akkurt Yalçıntürk

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aydan Akkurt Yalçıntürk

Asst. Prof.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Aydan AKKURT YALÇINTÜRK

Role: CONTACT

+905321392497

Other Identifiers

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20122024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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