Feasibility Study of "My Tools 4 Care-In Care" for Family Caregivers of Residential-Living Older Persons With Dementia

NCT03571165 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pro00065220
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 37
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Following institutionalization of a relative with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD), family carers continue to provide care and must learn to negotiate with staff, and navigate the system, all of which can affect their mental health. A web-based intervention, My Tools 4 Care - In Care (MT4C-In Care) will be developed to aid carers through the transitions experienced when their frail older relative/friend with ADRD resides a in Long-Term Care Facility (LTC). A mixed method pre-post-test longitudinal feasibility study will be used to evaluate MT4C-In Care for feasibility, acceptability, ease of use, and satisfaction. In addition, the investigators expect that MT4C-In Care will improve carers hope, general self-efficacy, quality of life, and reduce their feelings of loss and grief. Following baseline data collection 40 carers of persons with ADRD will be given access to MT4C-In Care over a 2 month period. Measures will be collected at baseline, 1, and 2 months.

Conditions

Dementia; Family

Keywords

carers; quality of life; dementia; web-based intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12v2) - Mental Component Summary Score at one and two months

  The SF-12v2 is a measure of health related quality of life and provides 2 scores 1) Mental Component Summary Score (MCS) and 2) Physical Component Summary Score (PCS). MCS scores range from 0 to 100, higher scores indicate better mental health related quality of life.

  baseline, 1 month, and 2 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change from baseline in the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12v2) - Physical Component Summary Score at one and two months

  baseline, 1 month, and 2 months

• Change from baseline in the Herth Hope Index Score (HHI) at one and two months

  baseline, 1 month, 2 months

• Change from baseline in the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) at one and 2 months

  baseline, 1 month, 2 months

• Change from baseline in the Non Death Revised Grief Experience Inventory (NDRGEI) at one and two months

  baseline, 1 month, 2 months

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group received information on accessing My Tools 4 Care - In Care for 2 months.

Behavioral: My Tools 4 Care - In Care

Interventions

My Tools 4 Care - In Care BEHAVIORAL

Self-administered web-based transition toolkit (My tools 4 Care - In Care) contains interactive activities and resources to help carers through transitions.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• family/friend carer of a person with ADRD, 65 years of age or older, residing in a 24-hour care facility
• years of age or older
• English speaking
• access to the internet and an email account.

You may not qualify if:

• family/friend of a person under the age of 65, who does not have ADRD, or who is not residing in a 24-hour care facility;
• no internet access or email account.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alberta: lead
• Canadian Frailty Network: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Duggleby W, Jovel Ruiz K, Ploeg J, McAiney C, Peacock S, Nekolaichuk C, Holroyd-Leduc J, Ghosh S, Brazil K, Swindle J, Forbes D, Woodhead Lyons S, Parmar J, Kaasalainen S, Cottrell L, Paragg J. Mixed-methods single-arm repeated measures study evaluating the feasibility of a web-based intervention to support family carers of persons with dementia in long-term care facilities. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2018 Oct 31;4:165. doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0356-7. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30410783 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Wendy D Duggleby, PhD

  University of Alberta

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2018
• First Posted: June 27, 2018
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2017
• Study Completion: May 1, 2017
• Last Updated: April 4, 2023

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)