Clinical trial NCT05678946: The Effects of Integrated Face-to-face Rehabilitation and Telerehabilitation on the Well-being of Family Caregivers
Official title: The Effects of Integrated Face-to-face Rehabilitation and Telerehabilitation on the Well-being of Family Caregivers
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Caregivers
Family Caregivers
Informal Caregivers
Keywords: rehabilitation
effects
effectiveness
telerehabilitation
family caregivers
informal caregivers
family caregivers burden
Lead sponsor: Social Insurance Institution, Finland
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-01-10
Enrollment: 195
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Those starting in one of the following services during April 2022 and January 2023:

1. the Kela's integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation service for family caregivers,
2. the MTLH's face-to-face Social Holidays for family caregivers or
3. the Kela's face-to-face rehabilitation services for family caregivers and care recipients

Brief summary: This controlled, non-randomized study (n=180) explores how participating in rehabilitation services for family caregivers affects the caregivers' mood, perceived quality of life, perceived burden of family care, and overall health. Rehabilitation services for family caregivers funded by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) include two 5-day periods of face-to-face rehabilitation and a 12-week telerehabilitation period, which is based on The Own Path internet intervention and takes place between the face-to-face rehabilitation periods. The observed changes are compared to participating in two other services: 1) Social Holidays for family caregivers and 2) Kela's rehabilitation services for family caregivers and the family members they are caring for (care recipients).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* family caregiver
* being 18 years of age or older
* providing daily care for an adult family member
* participating in one of following:

  1. the Kela's integrated face-to-face rehabilitation and telerehabilitation service for family caregivers,
  2. the MTLH's face-to-face Social Holidays for family caregivers or
  3. the Kela's face-to-face rehabilitation services for family caregivers and care recipients
* willingness to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in mood at 5 months and 8 months
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in Quality of life (QoL) at 5 months and 8 months
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)
measure: Change from baseline in perceived burden of family care (I) at 5 months and 8 months
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)
measure: Change from baseline in perceived burden of family care (II) at 5 months and 8 months
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)
measure: Change from baseline in overall health at 5 months and 8 months
timeFrame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 5 months (after the intervention), 8 months (3-month follow-up)
measure: Individual goal achievement
timeFrame: 5 months (after the intervention)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Helsinki
country: Finland
facility: The Social Insurance Institution of Finlad
Study officials:
affiliation: The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
name: Saija Karinkanta, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Lappalainen P, Pakkala I, Lappalainen R, Nikander R. Supported Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Older Family Caregivers (CareACT) Compared to Usual Care. Clin Gerontol. 2022 Jul-Sep;45(4):939-955. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1912239. Epub 2021 Apr 15.