Systematic Care for Informal Caregivers of Dementia Patients: An Efficient Approach?

NCT00147693 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: SCADZonMw grant no 945-04-152
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 304
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective is to ascertain the potential efficiency of a systematic care programme for caregivers of dementia patients. The research questions are:

• What are the costs and benefits of the Systematic Care Programme - Dementia (SCP-Dementia), as compared with usual care?
• What are the effects on the quality of life of patients and informal caregivers (spouse, relative), as compared with usual care?

Conditions

Dementia, Vascular; Dementia; Alzheimer Disease; Lewy Body Disease

Keywords

Dementia; Alzheimer Disease; Lewy-Body; Cost*; Community (dwelling); Caregiver(s); Institutionalization; Quality of life; Randomized Control Trail; Vascular dementia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patients admissions to nursing homes or residential homes. This outcome is the most important input for the estimation of cost differences between the intervention group and controls.

  after one year follow-up period

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Secondary outcome for cost estimation is patient and caregiver related costs estimated by "Resource Utilisation in Dementia" (RUD), including time spent on caregiving, use of health care services by caregivers and patients and additional productivity.

Interventions

Diagnosis of caregivers' problems BEHAVIORAL

Professional service: treatment of problems by counseling or practical support BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Pairs of patients and their informal caregivers visiting the ambulatory mental health care service for the first time and treated by the professionals participating in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Patients and caregivers not mastering the Dutch language

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Radboud University Medical Center: lead
• ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Spijker A, Verhey F, Graff M, Grol R, Adang E, Wollersheim H, Vernooij-Dassen M. Systematic care for caregivers of people with dementia in the ambulatory mental health service: designing a multicentre, cluster, randomized, controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2009 Jun 7;9:21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-21.

  PMID: 19500421 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia, Vascular; Dementia; Alzheimer Disease; Lewy Body Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Intracranial Arteriosclerosis; Intracranial Arterial Diseases; Leukoencephalopathies; Arteriosclerosis; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders; Tauopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies

Study Officials

• Myrra M Vernooij-Dassen, PhD

  Coordinator Alzheimer Centre UMC Nijmegen

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 6, 2005
• First Posted: September 7, 2005
• Study Start: June 1, 2005
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2006
• Study Completion: February 1, 2006
• Last Updated: October 1, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-09

Locations

NL (1)