Clinical trial NCT07004855: Tai Po Hidden Carers Support and Home-Based Respite Project
Official title: Tai Po Hidden Carers Support and Home-Based Respite Project
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Caregiver Wellbeing
Keywords: caregiver
respite
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-04
Enrollment: 380
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The primary objective of this study is to identify and support hidden caregivers of older adults. Caregivers are assessed before the intervention on their mental well-being and social connectedness. Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. They will receive different types of services (intervention) accordingly. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Detailed description: "All participants will provide informed consent at the time of enrolment. Both caregivers and their care recipients will complete an assessment. Caregivers are screened for their physical health, mental well-being, social engagement, and social connectedness. Care recipients are screened for their physical health and capacity in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.

Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. Caregivers in low level will receive case follow-up service, those in mild level will receive regular phone check-in, those in moderate level will receive a maximal of 30 hours of respite service within 6 month, and those in high level will receive professional counselling. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Provide ADL/IADL assistance to at least one older adult (aged 60+),
* Not currently using any types of respite service,
* Able to communicate in either Cantonese, English or Mandarin
* Voluntarily participate

Exclusion Criteria:

* The care recipient is not living in the community

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in score in caregiving needs on the Carer Needs Screening Tool (CNST-11) after the intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
measure: Change from baseline in score in social support on MOS Social Support Survey after the intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
measure: Change from baseline in score in the severity and disturbance of symptoms of care recipient on Neuropsychiatric Inventory after the intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
measure: Change from baseline in score in social connectedness on Social Connectedness Scale after the intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
measure: Change from baseline in score in the view on gender role on Gender Role Attitude Scale after the intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
measure: Change in score from baseline in quality of life measured by EQ-5D-5L after intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
measure: Changes in score from baseline in perception of caregiving measured by Positive Aspect of Caregiving scale after intervention
timeFrame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: University of Hong Kong
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