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A Psychosocial Intervention for Bereaved Spousal Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

Sponsor
University of Saskatchewan (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT02672800
Collaborator
(none)
16
Enrollment
1
Location
2
Arms
24
Duration (Months)
0.7
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a writing intervention (Reclaiming Yourself), intended to facilitate bereavement for spousal caregivers whose partners died with dementia.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: the Reclaiming Yourself tool
 N/A

Detailed Description

The current research is part 3 of a multi-phase project, whose purpose was to examine the experience of bereavement for spousal caregivers to persons with dementia. Based on spouses' shared experiences and the input of experts in the field (i.e. bereavement/dementia researchers, health care providers), an existing writing intervention called the Finding Balance tool was adapted from the context of cancer bereavement to that of dementia.

The purpose of this third phase is to test this adapted writing intervention (Reclaiming Yourself) with bereaved spouses of persons with dementia. Participants will be randomly assigned into one of two groups: treatment (who will receive the tool); and control (who will not be offered the tool until a later stage). The feasibility and acceptability of the intervention will be assessed, as well as the degree to which it facilitated participants' bereavement, ability to find balance, and psychological health.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
16 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Supportive Care
Official Title:
A Psychosocial Intervention for Bereaved Spousal Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: Adapting the "Finding Balance" Tool
Study Start Date :
Mar 1, 2016
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2017
Actual Study Completion Date :
Mar 1, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Writing intervention

Behavioral: the Reclaiming Yourself tool
This tool is a behavioural writing intervention, intended to facilitate bereavement for spousal caregivers of persons with dementia
No Intervention: Control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Inventory of Daily Widowed Life (IDWL)- change at 1 and 2 months post-intervention [The measure will be administered pre-intervention, 1 month following the introduction of the intervention, and 2 months following the introduction of the intervention]

    Measure of finding balance in bereavement

  2. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale- Revised (CESD-R)- change at 1 and 2 months post-intervention [The measure will be administered pre-intervention, 1 month following the introduction of the intervention, and 2 months following the introduction of the intervention]

    Measure of depressive symptoms

  3. Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, Present Feelings- change at 1 and 2 months post-intervention [The measure will be administered pre-intervention, 1 month following the introduction of the intervention, and 2 months following the introduction of the intervention]

    Measure of grief

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Semi-structured qualitative evaluation interviews [Post intervention (after 1 month)]

    Measure of the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
60 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:

  • bereaved for three months or longer

  • were a caregiver for their spouse with advanced dementia

  • English speaking

  • willing and able to share their bereavement experience

Exclusion Criteria:

  • those with other than a spousal relationship to the person with dementia

  • spousal caregivers of persons with another terminal disease

  • those bereaved less than 3 months

  • those unable to provide consent

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada S7J3Z1

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • University of Saskatchewan

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Shelley Peacock, RN, PhD, University of Saskatchewan

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Shelley Peacock, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT02672800
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 15-313
First Posted:
Feb 3, 2016
Last Update Posted:
May 4, 2018
Last Verified:
May 1, 2018
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dementia

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 4, 2018