Clinical trial NCT05887063: Trialling an Online UK Dementia Awareness for Caregivers Course
Official title: Investigating the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of an Online UK Dementia Awareness Course for Informal Caregivers: A Mixed Methods Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Caregiver Burden
Keywords: Dementia
Caregiver
Intervention
Biopsychosocial
Lead sponsor: University College, London
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-02
Enrollment: 51
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an online Dementia Awareness Course is feasible for delivery and acceptable to informal caregivers of people living with dementia in the UK. It will also explore the impact of the course on different caregiver outcomes.

Detailed description: All participants were given information on the study before providing informed consent. The participants were screened against eligibility criteria before being randomly allocated to either the treatment condition of attending the course, or the control condition of treatment as usual. Participants completed 5 outcome measures and a demographics questionnaire at baseline. The treatment group then attended a one-off half-day Dementia Awareness Course online, delivered by one trainee clinical psychologist. A month later, all participants completed the same 5 outcome measures and those who attended the course also attended a one-to-one half an hour online semi-structured interview.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-identified informal caregiver of a person living with dementia in the community.
* Residing in the U.K.
* Ability to engage in a course delivered in English
* Have access to an internet-connected device capable of videoconferencing (camera and microphone functioning)
* Available to attend pre-specified dates for DAC-UK delivery.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Person living with dementia residing in residential care
* Professional caregiver of people living with dementia.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of target sample recruited within 6 months.
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Percentage of participants retained at follow-up to measure feasibility of the study design.
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Percentage of completion of outcome measures to measure feasibility and acceptability.
timeFrame: Baseline and 1 month
measure: Retention and attendance percentages to measure feasibility and acceptability of the intervention.
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Qualitative acceptability of the intervention, as measured by qualitative thematic analysis of participant interviews to capture themes regarding participant experience of the course.
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in the mean Zarit burden inventory scores at one-month follow up
timeFrame: Baseline and 1 month
measure: Change from baseline in the mean Quality caregiver-patient relationship (QCPR) scores at one-month follow up
timeFrame: Baseline and 1 month
measure: Change from baseline in the mean GAIN measure scores at one-month follow up
timeFrame: Baseline and 1 month
measure: Change from baseline in the mean approaches to dementia (ADQ-19) scores at one-month follow up
timeFrame: Baseline and 1 month
measure: Change from baseline in the mean short sense of competence (SSCQ) scores at one-month follow up
timeFrame: Baseline and 1 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: London
country: United Kingdom
facility: University College London
Study officials:
affiliation: UCL
name: Aimee Spector
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Stoner CR, Lakshminarayanan M, Mograbi DC, Vaitheswaran S, Bertrand E, Schimidt Brum P, Durgante H, Ferri CP, Mkenda S, Walker R, Dotchin C, Paddick SM, Chandra M, Krishna M, Du B, Shaji KS, Fisher E, Spector A. Development and acceptability of a brief, evidence-based Dementia Awareness for Caregivers course in low- and middle-income countries. Dementia (London). 2022 Feb;21(2):598-617. doi: 10.1177/14713012211055316. Epub 2021 Dec 9.