Clinical trial NCT05131789: Establishment and Application of Dementia Case Management Information System: A Preliminary Study
Official title: Establishment and Application of Dementia Case Management Information System: A Preliminary Study - Phase 2
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Keywords: Dementia
Case management
Information system
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
First posted: 2021-11-23
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to develop and examine the preliminary effects of an information system for facilitating dementia case management in the home setting.

This study is the second phase of the project. The first year is the development stage of the information system. In the second year, the investigators will conduct a pilot study to examine the effectiveness of the case management information system.

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to develop and examine the preliminary effects of an information system for facilitating dementia case management in the home setting. In the previous research (phase I), a mixed method was used to explore the content of case management and assess the needs of the information system.

This study is the second phase of the project. The first year is the development stage of the information system. Based on the data collected in the previous research (phase I), the content and method of dementia case management will be established by the Delphi method, and then the dementia case management information system will be constructed accordingly. In the second year, the investigators will conduct a pilot study to examine the effectiveness of the case management information system.

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(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: Basic information of dementia and family caregivers
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention.
measure: Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline behavioral problems (CMAI) at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Agitation Management Self-Efficacy Scale (AMSS)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline caregiver self-efficacy to handle behavioral problems (AMSS) at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Activities of daily living (ADL)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline ADL at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline IADL at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Caregiver competence Scale
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline Caregiver competence at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Caregiver Preparedness Scale - family caregiver version
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline Caregiver Preparedness - family caregiver at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36)
timeFrame: The investigators will evaluate before the intervention, and after intervention for 1, 3, and 6 months. Change from Baseline quality of life (SF-36) at 1, 3, and 6 months.
measure: Qualitative interview
timeFrame: The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews before the intervention, and after intervention for 1 month.
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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