Evaluation of "My Tools 4 Care" for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

NCT02428387 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pro00048721
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 199
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

With the number of Canadians with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) growing, supporting family care partners of persons with ADRD is critical. Family caregivers provide about 90 per cent of in-home care for persons with ADRD, and the care is often difficult due to co-morbidities in persons with ADRD. Family caregivers of older persons with ADRD and multiple chronic conditions (MCC) experience significant, complex, distressing transitions such as changes to their environment, roles and relationships, physical and mental health, isolation, and taking on new tasks. An online Transition Toolkit (My Tools 4 Care) was developed for family caregivers of persons with ADRD and MCC living at home, to support caregivers through transitions and increase their self-efficacy, hope, and quality of life (QOL). Through this pragmatic mixed methods randomized controlled trial the investigators expect to find that family caregivers receiving the online My Tools 4 Care Toolkit will show greater improvement in hope, self-efficacy and QOL, at no additional cost from a societal perspective, compared with those in an educational control group. Following baseline data collection 180 participants will be randomly assigned to one of the groups with repeated measures at one, three and six months.

Conditions

Family; Dementia

Keywords

caregivers; intervention; health related quality of life; dementia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life at One, Three and Six Months

  SF 12v2 Mental Component and Physical Component Score

  One, three and six months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change from Baseline in Hope at One, Three and Six Months

  one, three and six months

• Change from Baseline in General Self Efficacy at One, Three and Six Months

  One, three and six months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group (Group 1) will receive instructions on how to access "My Tools 4 Care" for 3 months.

Behavioral: My Tools 4 Care

Educational Control

NO INTERVENTION

An educational control group (Group 2) will receive a copy of the Alzheimer's Society' The Progression of Alzheimer's Disease - Overview Booklet.

Interventions

My Tools 4 Care BEHAVIORAL

On-line self-administered (My Tools 4 Care) transition toolkit includes interactive activities and resources to help caregivers deal with their transitions

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Family caregivers of persons \>65 years of age who have AD and related dementias (ADRD) and MCC (two or more chronic conditions)
• English-speaking
• Family or friends ≥ 18 years of age who provide physical, emotional, or financial care to persons with ADRD and MCC
• Access and able to use a computer (and have an email address).

You may not qualify if:

• Family caregivers caring for a person with ADRD and MCC who:
• Has died
• Resides in a Long Term Care Facility (nursing home)
• Is hospitalized and designated as restorative care (Alberta) or alternate level of care (Ontario)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alberta: lead
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR): collaborator

Study Sites (2)

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada

Location

Jenny Ploeg

Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Duggleby W, Swindle J, Peacock S. Self-administered intervention for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Clin Nurs Res. 2014 Feb;23(1):20-35. doi: 10.1177/1054773812474299. Epub 2013 Feb 6.

  PMID: 23393291 BACKGROUND

• Duggleby W, Ploeg J, McAiney C, Fisher K, Jovel Ruiz K, Ghosh S, Peacock S, Markle-Reid M, Williams A, Triscott J, Swindle J. A Comparison of Users and Nonusers of a Web-Based Intervention for Carers of Older Persons With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Mixed Methods Secondary Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Oct 17;21(10):e14254. doi: 10.2196/14254.

  PMID: 31625947 DERIVED

• Markle-Reid M, Ploeg J, Valaitis R, Duggleby W, Fisher K, Fraser K, Ganann R, Griffith LE, Gruneir A, McAiney C, Williams A. Protocol for a program of research from the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit: Promoting optimal aging at home for older adults with multimorbidity. J Comorb. 2018 Jul 31;8(1):2235042X18789508. doi: 10.1177/2235042X18789508. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30191144 DERIVED

• Duggleby W, Ploeg J, McAiney C, Peacock S, Fisher K, Ghosh S, Markle-Reid M, Swindle J, Williams A, Triscott JA, Forbes D, Jovel Ruiz K. Web-Based Intervention for Family Carers of Persons with Dementia and Multiple Chronic Conditions (My Tools 4 Care): Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Jun 29;20(6):e10484. doi: 10.2196/10484.

  PMID: 29959111 DERIVED

• Duggleby W, Ploeg J, McAiney C, Fisher K, Swindle J, Chambers T, Ghosh S, Peacock S, Markle-Reid M, Triscott J, Williams A, Forbes D, Pollard L. Study protocol: pragmatic randomized control trial of an internet-based intervention (My tools 4 care) for family carers. BMC Geriatr. 2017 Aug 14;17(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0581-6.

  PMID: 28806917 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Wendy Duggleby, PhD

  University of Alberta

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2015
• First Posted: April 28, 2015
• Study Start: April 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: April 12, 2017
• Study Completion: April 12, 2017
• Last Updated: May 31, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (2)