Clinical trial NCT06722287: Mobile Intervention for Mental Health of Family Caregivers in Thailand
Official title: Mobile Application for Early Detection and Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Informal Family Caregivers of Community-dwelling Adults with Chronic Disorders in Thailand
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depressive Symptoms, Generalized Anxiety, or Psychological Stress
Lead sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2024-12-09
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: 20 family caregivers will be asked to utilize each of the five CAMMA intervention components over a five-week period (i.e., about one component per week). At the initial home visit, research staff will set up network configuration (e.g., WiFi) and demonstrate step-by-step guidelines for using the features on the smartphone. The caregiver will then be asked to perform these tasks, to ensure that they have understood the instructions.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The goal of the R21 project is to develop a culturally informed Caregiver Mental Health Mobile Application program that will promote early detection of mental health problems and deliver an evidence-based self-care intervention for family caregivers providing care to adults with chronic disease in Thailand.

Detailed description: The goal of the 2-year R21 project is to develop a culturally informed Caregiver Mental Health Mobile Application (hereafter referred to as CAMMA) program that will deliver an evidence-based intervention to reduce mental health problems in family caregivers of adults with chronic disorders in Thailand. Specific aims include: 1) Conducting qualitative research on family caregivers of persons with chronic disorders, focusing on their experience with mental health problems, caregiving practice, coping mechanisms, and socio-technological barriers to technology acceptance and use; 2) Develop a mobile application for the delivery of the CAMMA intervention; and 3) Conduct a formative evaluation of the CAMMA Intervention Components to ensure acceptability and usability of individual intervention components.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* adult (age 18 +) family caregiver (CG)
* has a minimum of 4 months of experience as a caregiver and provides at least 4 hours a day of care to the care recipient (CR);
* screen positive on depressive symptoms (score above 5 on PHQ-9), or generalized anxiety (score above 3 on GAD-2), or stress measured with Perceive Stress Scale (score above 6 on PPS-4)
* Access to a mobile device with internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

* Caregiver who refuses to provide informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Usability
timeFrame: 5 weeks of intervention
measure: Acceptability
timeFrame: 5 week of intervention
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Locations:
city: Bangkok
country: Thailand
facility: Ministry of Public Health
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