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Telephone-coached Graphic Narrative Bibliotherapy for Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia
Led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Updated on 2025-04-09
128
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone-coached graphic narrative bibliotherapy in reducing depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of people with dementia. The study compares this approach with providing an educational booklet, focusing on caregivers who provide unpaid care for those with early to moderate stage dementia. It is designed as a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial to assess these effects more rigorously. Participants in the intervention group will receive eight weekly sessions of telephone-coached graphic narrative bibliotherapy, along with two face-to-face booster sessions and two follow-up sessions. The control group will receive an educational booklet and occasional check-in calls. This structure allows comparison between an interactive coaching approach and standard educational material. During the study, researchers will measure changes in caregiver depressive symptoms, stress and anxiety levels, caregiving appraisal, care-recipient neuropsychiatric symptoms, and quality of life at three time points: before the intervention, immediately after its completion, and six months later. The study involves 128 caregivers, with equal numbers in each group, and aims to monitor these outcomes over time to understand the intervention's impact.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Telephone-coached "Graphic Narrative" Bibliotherapy for Dementia Caregivers
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Provide unpaid care to a person diagnosed with early to moderate stage dementia
- Provide at least 14 hours of care per week for at least 3 months
- Aged 18 years or above
- Able to read
- Have depressive symptoms
- Use a message application
You will not qualify if you...
- Have an unstable physical or mental condition
- Have cognitive impairment
- Currently receiving medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment for depression
- Have been included in another interventional study
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 screening and enrollment visit
Duration - 8 weeks
Participants receive either eight weekly telephone-coached graphic narrative bibliotherapy sessions or read an educational booklet with check-in calls.
Weekly telephone sessions plus 2 face-to-face booster sessions and 2 follow-up sessions for the intervention group; check-in calls for the control group
Duration - 6 months post-intervention
Participants are assessed for changes in depressive symptoms, caregiving appraisal, stress and anxiety, patient neuropsychiatric symptoms, and quality of life at 6 months after the intervention.
2 follow-up sessions for the intervention group; timing of assessments for control group not specified
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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