The Development and Evaluation of a Culturally Tailored Support Group Program on the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Family Caregivers of Individuals Living With Dementia in Hong Kong

NCT04334200 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2019.565
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 49
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Hong Kong is also facing the increasing prevalence of dementia. Evidence states that dementia caregivers have poor psychosocial wellbeing including stress, depression and anxiety. Effective services and interventions should be provided to the caregivers to improve their psychosocial wellbeing. Recent studies suggest that cultural adapted intervention is necessary. Such intervention can support caregivers to improve psychosocial wellbeing by using the culture and rituals to relevant racial caregivers creatively. Among all interventions for dementia caregivers, it was reported that the support group/program was more effective to improve psychosocial well-being of dementia caregivers. However, the studies about support group for dementia caregivers did not report the cultural sensitivity elements explicitly. Most of them mention the component 'language' only. Other elements, including philosophical thoughts, had not been mentioned in the articles. It is necessary to provide more cultural components including philosophical thoughts in the support groups. Moreover, the studies did not report on the benefits of adding cultural elements in the interventions to dementia caregivers. Although the literature mentioned cultural adapted interventions were beneficial, the research on understanding its benefits is inadequate. More caregiver intervention studies to understand the advantages of cultural tailoring are needed. Hence, we need to do more studies to understand the benefits of adding cultural elements in the interventions to caregivers. A research is performed to develop and evaluate a culturally adapted intervention for dementia caregivers to improve their psychosocial wellbeing. This research study is to evaluate the effectiveness and benefits of culturally tailored interventions for caregivers of older adults with dementia on improving psychosocial well-being. Mixed method and quasi-experimental design will be applied. There are 2 groups: intervention and control groups. Each group needs to complete pre and post-test to assess their psychosocial well-beings. The pre and post-test data will be used for assessing the effectiveness of the culturally tailored intervention program for the dementia caregivers. For intervention group, qualitative data, i.e. data from focus group interview will be performed to assess the benefits of inclusion of cultural elements in the program.

Conditions

Dementia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• SSQ6

  • The SSQ6 was used to investigate the quantity of support each participant obtains as well as their satisfaction with the support provided. The participants will be asked to indicate from 0-9 the number of support persons they have for the six situations and rate their overall satisfaction with the support provided using a six-point scale. High SSQ6 satisfaction scores mean more satisfaction with social support received.

  1.5 month

Study Arms (1)

Cultivate yourself: support for caregivers of dementia persons

EXPERIMENTAL

There will be six sessions (1 or 2 session per week). The duration of each session will be 1.5-2 hours per session. The contents include: introduction on dementia, caregivers' role, how to communicate with dementia persons, tips on caregiving, stress and emotional management. The training content has been verified by one social worker, family caregivers of individuals living with dementia and a teacher who teach Chinese, Chinese history and culture in the secondary school in Hong Kong. No adverse comments are received from them.

Behavioral: Cultivate yourself: support for caregivers of dementia persons

Interventions

Cultivate yourself: support for caregivers of dementia persons BEHAVIORAL

The Chinese cultural values, including philosophical thoughts, will be included in the intervention. Chinese philosophical thoughts including the concepts of moderation, improving oneself, and harmony with nature will be used in the intervention. Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are the foundation for Chinese for concepts of health and illness, health promotion, and health-seeking behavior. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate such philosophies in the sessions of the program.

Cultivate yourself: support for caregivers of dementia persons

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• The participants should be the family members who care for a relative with dementia at home. The eligibility criteria include:
• Chinese;
• aged \> 18 years;
• the ability to communicate in Chinese / Cantonese; and
• voluntary participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD student (Nursing)

Model Details: Intervention group receiving support group program

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2020
• First Posted: April 6, 2020
• Study Start: July 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: April 6, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04