Evaluation of the Impact of a Social Network Via a Digital Platform for Caregivers of Patients Suffering From Mental Disorders

NCT03342248 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2017-17
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 350
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Severe mental illnesses have a significant social cost, as much by their impact on the sick as on their entourage. The Deinstitutionalization and care in the community of patients with severe mental illness result in increased families and loved ones (also known as "informal caregivers" or "informal caregivers") If psychoeducation programs have been developed to help caregivers better manage and cope with the illness of the person being helped (optimize the quality of care, manage anxiety and isolation, these initiatives appear minimal in view of the magnitude of the burden (notion of burden: "burden") and the suffering of caregivers. Quality of life levels remain extremely low compared to the general population, nearly 4 out of 10 caregivers show a sense of inability to cope with the "permanent anxiety" of this load, 1/3 feels depressed and over 1/10 feels isolated on a personal and professional level

Conditions

Mental Illness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• quality of life

  The quality of life of caregivers is assessed using a specific questionnaire , validated, designed to measure the quality of life of caregivers. caregivers of patients suffering from mental pathology: the CGSQoL (Auquier 2013). This questionnaire has satisfactory psychometric properties and is sensitive to change.

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Quality of life

  6 months

• self-administered questionnaires

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

access to the social network

EXPERIMENTAL

This group is made up of carers who have access to the social network via a digital platform developed during step 1. This network will offer features from step 1 (sharing experiences on a forum, monitoring health status )

Other: access to the social network

no access to the network

NO INTERVENTION

This group consists of caregivers who do not have access to the social network via a digital platform developed during step 1. Access to the social network will be offered to all carers at the end of the study, especially those assigned in the control group to limit their refusal to participate.

Interventions

access to the social network OTHER

The development of a social network via a digital platform for carers of patients suffering from severe mental illness and study of the impact of its use on the health status of caregivers

access to the social network

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Caregiver of patient suffering from a severe mental illness and consultant in one of the investigative centers
• over 18 years old
• Caregiver who has no problem understanding current French Careguiver who has agreed to participate in the study. The definition of the caregiver is that given by the High Authority of Health (HAS): The so-called natural caregivers are the unprofessional people who come to the help of a person dependent on his entourage for the activities of daily life.

You may not qualify if:

• Minors caregivers
• not speaking and not reading enough French to participate in the study
• not having agreed to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hôpital de la Conception

Marseille, 13354, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Urielle DESALBRES

  Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Laurent BOYER

CONTACT

6 86 93 62 76; laurent.boyer@ap-hm.fr

Xavier Zendjidjian

CONTACT

686936276; xavier.zendjidjian@ap-hm.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 8, 2017
• First Posted: November 14, 2017
• Study Start: February 2, 2018
• Primary Completion: February 2, 2020
• Study Completion: September 2, 2020
• Last Updated: November 14, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-11

Locations

FR (1)