SOSteniamoci: Stakeholders' Survey

NCT05797571 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 03C212
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Informal care is defined as the unpaid care provided to an older, frail, or ill person, by a person such as a spouse, a parent, a child, another relative, a neighbor, or a friend. This phenomenon may lead to stress, burden, and decreased informal caregivers' quality of life. Since lack of time, distance from services, and financial strains make the provision of psychological interventions to informal caregivers often challenging, Internet-based (self-help) programs might represent a viable solution to promote their emotional well-being. Still, despite the proven benefits of internet-based intervention, no available programs for informal caregivers are available for the Italian population. Nevertheless, planning and developing an online intervention, involving possible stakeholders (caregivers), might facilitate the understanding and dissemination of, willingness to use, and success of the future intervention. Thus, the goal of the current study is to assess Italian stakeholders' knowledge about, awareness of, attitudes towards, willingness to participate and use, and expected barriers to internet-based interventions.

Conditions

Informal Caregivers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Mean score in Online survey for clinicians

  Online survey for clinicians - 30 items

  At baseline, during online survey, performed after signing informed consent

• Mean score in Online survey for informal caregivers

  Online survey for informal caregivers - 45 items

  At baseline, during online survey, performed after signing informed consent

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Formal and informal caregivers

You may qualify if:

• clinicians and informal caregivers
• aged 18 years or older
• internet access
• basic computer literacy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istituto Auxologico Italiano: lead

Study Sites (1)

Giada Pietrabissa

Milan, 20145, Italy

Location

Study Officials

• Giada Pietrabissa, PhD

  Istituto Auxologico Italiano

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 13, 2023
• First Posted: April 4, 2023
• Study Start: January 15, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2022
• Study Completion: December 15, 2022
• Last Updated: April 4, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Locations

IT (1)