Clinical trial NCT05114187: An Internet-Based Education Program for Care Partners of People Living With Dementia
Official title: An Internet-Based Education Program for Care Partners of People Living With Dementia (iGeriCare): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Burden, Caregiver
Self Efficacy
Knowledge
Keywords: Web-based intervention
Internet
E-health
Dementia
Caregiver
Alzheimer disease
Education and Training
Clinical Trial
Knowledge Translation
Lead sponsor: McMaster University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
First posted: 2021-11-09
Enrollment: 125
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study is a two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: With the aging population, the prevalence of dementia is increasing dramatically. People living with dementia are highly dependent on family care partners, who may have little knowledge of the disorder. National and provincial guidelines have all highlighted the importance of online resources to improve care partner education; however, very few have been widely implemented or rigorously studied.

The investigators have developed the award-winning dementia education platform to complement traditional patient and family educational approaches. It allows free access to multimedia e-learning lessons, live expert webinars, and email-based content that care partners can access any time, anywhere.

In a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT), the investigators propose to study 1) the feasibility and care partner acceptance of the intervention and some of the study methods, and 2) the impact of the intervention on care partner self-efficacy, knowledge, and sense of burden.

This initiative has the potential to improve the quality, cost effectiveness, and efficiency of dementia care. The intervention could be easily scaled and spread both provincially and nationally to complement other dementia education methods, at a time when the prevalence of dementia is increasing and access to high quality internet-based interventions is essential.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. they are a family and/or friend care partner of a person living with dementia,
2. they reside in Canada,
3. they are 18 years of age and over,
4. they have a good command of the English language,
5. they have access to email and internet,
6. they are comfortable using email and internet,
7. they have the ability to grant online informed consent, and
8. they complete online baseline assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. they are a not family and/or friend care partner of a person living with dementia,
2. they do not reside in Canada,
3. they are not 18 years of age and over,
4. they do not have a good command of the English language,
5. they do not have access to email and internet,
6. they are not comfortable using email and internet,
7. they do not have the ability to grant online informed consent, and
8. they do not complete online baseline assessments.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Intervention adherence (time spent)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Participant satisfaction
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Participant satisfaction
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Recruitment rates
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Attrition rates
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in the Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy (RSCSE) at 8 weeks.
timeFrame: 0, 8 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS) at 8 weeks.
timeFrame: 0, 8 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) at 8 weeks.
timeFrame: 0, 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hamilton
country: Canada
facility: McMaster University
state: Ontario
Study officials:
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