Efficiency of an Educational Program for Informal Caregivers of Hospitalized, Dependent Patients: Cluster Randomised Trial
Sponsor
Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01965392
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The aim was to assess whether nursing interventions based on Health Educational Programs for primary informal caregivers of dependent patients may improve their quality of life, decreasing emotional burden and increasing caregiving knowledge, in order to better meet patients' basic needs.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
|---|---|---|
|
N/A |
Study Design
Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment
:
151 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
Single (Care Provider)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Study Start Date
:
Mar 1, 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date
:
Dec 1, 2009
Actual Study Completion Date
:
Mar 1, 2010
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
|---|---|
| Experimental: healtn education one group received an educational program |
Other: Health education intervention
'Health education intervention'
|
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- life quality [Data were evaluated with an average one month after discharge, a maximum in September 2009]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Caregiver´s burden [Data were evaluated with an average one month after discharge, a maximum in September 2009]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years
and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary informal caregivers of dependent patients, admitted in 30 hospital units, with expected hospital stays of at least one week. A dependent patient is understood to require the aid of someone else in order to carry out basic daily activities.
Exclusion Criteria:
- caregivers with cognitive deficits that could be an obstacle for adequate verbal understanding, illiteracy, persons taking part in other clinical trials or who had taken part in similar workshops in the previous two years, as well as health professionals.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.Responsible Party:
Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01965392
Other Study ID Numbers:
- ESCPD-2010
First Posted:
Oct 18, 2013
Last Update Posted:
Oct 18, 2013
Last Verified:
Oct 1, 2013
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