Education of Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients

NCT06182930 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Ordu123456
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose of the Research: This study will be conducted to determine the effect of the education given to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients registered to home health services on their knowledge and attitudes towards Alzheimer's disease. Hypotheses of the Research H01: The education given to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients registered to home health services does not affect the caregivers' level of knowledge about Alzheimer's disease. H11: The education given to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients registered to home health services increases the caregivers' level of knowledge about Alzheimer's disease. H02: The education given to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients registered to home health services does not affect the caregivers' attitudes towards Alzheimer's disease. H12: The education given to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients registered to home health services positively affects the caregivers' attitudes towards Alzheimer's disease.

Conditions

Education

Keywords

Alzheimer, Caregiver, Knowledge, Attitude, Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale

  The scale developed by Carpenter et al. (2009) was adapted to Turkish by Yılmaz and Çolak (2020). The scale consists of 30 items and evaluates people's level of knowledge about Alzheimer's disease. Scale items can be answered as true or false, and participants receive one point for each item they answer correctly. The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 0 and 30. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates that the level of knowledge is high. While the difficulty index values of the scale items ranged between 0.24 and 0.75, the discrimination index was calculated above 0.10. The test-retest reliability calculated to evaluate the reliability of the scale was found to be 0.81, and the Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficient was found to be 0.74.

  In the pre-test of the research, the "Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale" will be administered to the caregivers by the researcher, and the "Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale" will be administered again 1 month later.

• Dementia Attitude Scale

  The scale was developed by O'Connor and McFadden in 2010 and translated into Turkish by Çetinkaya et al. Adapted from (2020). The scale was used with university students and direct care workers. During the creation of the scale, the expression "Alzheimer's disease and related diseases" was used in the scale expressions due to the terminological confusion between Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. The scale is a 7-point Likert type, from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). 6 items of the scale, which consists of a total of 20 items, are reverse scored (2,6,8,9,16,17). As the score obtained from the scale increases, supportive and accepting attitudes increase, while exclusionary attitudes decrease. Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.83.

  In the pre-test of the research, the "Dementia Attitude Scale" will be administered to the caregivers by the researcher, and the "Dementia Attitude Scale" will be administered again 1 month later.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Within the scope of the research, caregivers will be given face-to-face training in 2 sessions, 15 days apart.

Other: Within the scope of the research, caregivers will be given face-to-face training in 2 sessions, 15 days apart.

Control

NO INTERVENTION

They will receive routine home health care follow-up.

Interventions

Within the scope of the research, caregivers will be given face-to-face training in 2 sessions, 15 days apart. OTHER

They will receive routine home health care follow-up.

Also known as: No Intervention

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Those who are primarily responsible for the care of the patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease,
• Caring for a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease for at least 6 months,
• Ages 18 and over,
• The one who is literate,
• Open to communication and collaboration,
• Caregivers who volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Cannot understand and speak Turkish,
• Those with mental and cognitive retardation and
• Caregivers who do not want to continue the research will be excluded from the research.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ordu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hacer GÖK UĞUR

Ordu, Cumhuriyet Campus, 52000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Officials

• Hacer GÖK Uğur, Asoss.Prof.

  Ordu Univercity

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Hacer GÖK UĞUR, Asoss.Prof.

CONTACT

04522265200; hacer32@gmail.com

Selin Nur Kara, Master

CONTACT

04522265200; karaselinnur@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assoc. Prof.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2023
• First Posted: December 27, 2023
• Study Start: January 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2024
• Study Completion: August 30, 2024
• Last Updated: December 27, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)