Clinical trial NCT05151185: Establishment of Core Competence and Training Model for Dementia Case Management
Official title: Establishment of Core Competence and Training Model for Dementia Case Management: Phase 2
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Keywords: dementia
case management
core competence
training program
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
name: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
First posted: 2021-12-09
Enrollment: 220
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to develop the core competence and training model for case management of dementia. This study is the second phase of the project. The first year is the establishment of the training program and the pilot-test stage. The second year is the project implementation and effectiveness evaluation stage, the intervention effectiveness evaluation of the training course for dementia case managers will be conducted.

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to develop the core competence and training model for case management of dementia. In the previous year (phase I), the needs and competence assessment stage, the investigators are conducting a survey of the connotation and needs of dementia case management, and explore the role functions and competencies of dementia case managers as the basis for developing the training program.

This study is the second phase of the project. The first year is the establishment of the training program and the pilot-test stage. The data collected in the previous period will be integrated to plan a preliminary training program structure, and then the content and training methods of the training program for dementia case managers will be established using the Delphi method. Then, use this training program to carry out the pilot test of the dementia case managers training program. The second year is the project implementation and effectiveness evaluation stage, the intervention effectiveness evaluation of the training course for dementia case managers will be conducted. The results of this study will serve as a reference for the training program of dementia case managers in future.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Dementia Case Managers:

  1. Be at least 20 years old and could communicate in Chinese or Taiwanese.
  2. Currently work for dementia center, dementia care center, or Community-Based Dementia Care Center in Taiwan.
* Dementia family caregivers:

  1. Be at least 20 years old and could communicate in Chinese or Taiwanese.
  2. Primary caregivers
  3. The people with dementia under care are diagnosed with dementia Clinical Dementia Rating Scale(CDR) 0.5 or higher.
  4. Live in northern Taiwan(including Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Dementia Case Managers:

No longer working for dementia center, dementia care center, or Community-Based Dementia Care Center in Taiwan.

* Dementia family caregivers:

The people with dementia under care live in a long-term care facility or nursing home.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Dementia Care Professional Competency Assessment Scale
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline Dementia Care Professional Competency at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Problem solving, Teamwork Competency Assessment Scale
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline Problem solving, Teamwork Competency at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Caregiver Preparedness Scale - Professional version
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline Caregiver Preparedness - Professional at 1,3, and 6 months.
measure: Qualitative interview
timeFrame: The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews after intervention for 1 month. Change from Baseline Qualitative interview at 1 month.
measure: Demographic data of persons with dementia and family caregivers
timeFrame: We will collect demographic data of dementia and family caregivers on the day before the start date of intervention.
measure: 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.Change from Baseline 36-item short-form health survey at 1,3,6 and 12 months.
measure: Dementia Case Management Needs Scale
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change from Baseline Dementia Case Management Needs at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.
measure: Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change from Baseline behavioral problems (CMAI) at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.
measure: Agitation Management Self-Efficacy Scale (AMSS)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change from Baseline caregiver self-efficacy to handle behavioral problems (AMSS) at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.
measure: Caregiver Preparedness Scale - family caregiver version
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change from Baseline Caregiver Preparedness -family caregiver at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.
measure: Activities of daily living (ADL)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change from Baseline ADL at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months.
measure: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Change from Baseline IADL at 1, 3 ,6, and 12 months.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taoyuan
country: Taiwan
facility: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Study officials:
affiliation: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
name: Huei-Ling Huang, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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