Clinical trial NCT06327022: Social Media-based Electronic Bibliotherapy for Dementia Caregivers
Official title: Effects of Social Media-based Electronic Bibliotherapy on Improving the Well-being of Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health
Quality of Life
Dementia Caregivers
Lead sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-25
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study aims to assess the efficacy of social media-based electronic bibliotherapy in improving the well-being of informal caregivers of people with dementia compared to a control group.

Detailed description: This randomized controlled trial aims to assess the efficacy of social media-based electronic bibliotherapy in improving the well-being of informal caregivers. Sixty informal caregivers of people with dementia were recruited and randomly allocated to the social media-based electronic bibliotherapy group or usual care group. Participants in the social media-based electronic bibliotherapy group received eight weekly e-bibliotherapy sessions. The control group only accepted the usual care provided by community services, but they received the same intervention materials as the intervention group after project completion. Mental health, caregiving appraisal, health-related quality of life, and psychological well-being were measured to test the intervention's effects immediately after completion. Individual interviews were conducted to explore caregivers' experiences participating in this study within two weeks after completing the intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* caregivers providing regular care to individuals with mild to moderately severe dementia (Global Deterioration Scale=4\~6 of any type), requiring at least five hours per week for a minimum duration of six months;
* aged 18 or above;
* not receiving payment for caregiving services rendered;
* assisting with at least one daily activity of the care recipient;
* possessing reading ability;
* utilized social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WeChat for over six months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* caregivers with unstable physical or mental conditions;
* caregivers unable to communicate logically;
* involvement in another interventional study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in mental health
timeFrame: Pre-intervention, post-intervention (i.e., within one week after completing the intervention)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in health related quality of life
timeFrame: Pre-intervention, post-intervention (i.e., within one week after completing the intervention)
measure: Changes in caregiving appraisal
timeFrame: Pre-intervention, post-intervention (i.e., within one week after completing the intervention)
measure: Changes in psychological wellbeing
timeFrame: Pre-intervention, post-intervention (i.e., within one week after completing the intervention)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kowloon
country: Hong Kong
facility: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study officials:
affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
name: Wang Shanshan, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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