Clinical trials: Informal Caregivers
Support of the Family as a Caregiving System
The Effect of an Electronic Decision Support System on Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Urinary Infections in Home Care
This study evaluated Care-Up, a mobile-compatible web-based decision support system for informal caregivers of patients receiving home healthcare.
- Trial name
- CARE-UP (NCT06927479)
- Testing
- Care-Up Electronic Decision Support System
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Dementia
Technologies to Reduce Caregiver Burden for Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia
This randomized controlled trial aims to recruit a total of 320 dyads composed by persons with dementia living in community settings and their primary informal caregivers.
- Trial name
- TECH@HOME (NCT02733939)
- Testing
- Home monitoring kit
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Dementia
An In-home Respite Care Program to Support Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia
The general objective of this quasi-experimental study is to assess the effectiveness of an in-home respite care program compared to a control group not receiving the same type of in-home respite on the well-being of the…
- Trial name
- NCT02630446
- Testing
- in-home respite care program
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 355 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Tuberculosis
The Impact of Involving Informal Health Providers for Tuberculosis Control in Sudan
Training and engaging of unpaid informal providers (such as tea-sellers, women's groups, youth clubs, small traders and religious groups) from poorer localities in TB disease recognition, referral and community awareness raising…
- Trial name
- Triage-Plus (NCT01841541)
- Testing
- Referral of presumptive of TB cases by informal providers
- Where
- Sudan
- Volunteers
- 380 people
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Dementia, Vascular, Dementia
Systematic Care for Informal Caregivers of Dementia Patients: An Efficient Approach?
The objective is to ascertain the potential efficiency of a systematic care programme for caregivers of dementia patients. The research questions are: What are the costs and benefits of the Systematic Care Programme - Dementia…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Vascular, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00147693
- Testing
- Diagnosis of caregivers' problems, Professional service: treatment of problems by counseling or practical support
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Suicide Prevention, Informal Caregivers
Needs Assessment Among Carers of Someone With Suicidal Thoughts
With this study the investigators would like to gain insight into the experienced needs carers of individuals with suicidal thoughts, who attempted suicide or who died by suicide.
- Trial name
- NCT06611956
- Testing
- No intervention (observational study)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 2,255 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Healthcare Professional, Informal Caregiver
Swiss Cohort of Health Professionals and Informal Caregivers
The healthcare system is continuously evolving to adapt to the population's needs, both in terms of healthcare practices, and in financial and organizational aspects.
- Trial name
- SCOHPICA (NCT05571488)
- Testing
- Electronic surveys, Qualitative Interviews
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Dementia, Caregiver Burden
Trialling an Online UK Dementia Awareness for Caregivers Course
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an online Dementia Awareness Course is feasible for delivery and acceptable to informal caregivers of people living with dementia in the UK.
- Trial name
- DAC-UK (NCT05887063)
- Testing
- Dementia Awareness Course UK
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Dementia, Dementia Caregivers
SOCAV: a Nurse-led Support Programme for Self-direction in People With Dementia
In this study, we tested whether a support program could help people living at home with dementia keep making their own everyday choices for as long as possible, with help from a family caregiver and a home-care nurse.
- Trial name
- SOCAV-program (NCT07347639)
- Testing
- SOCAV-Home Care (self-directed care support for home-dwelling people with dementia)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Cognitive Function, Functional Status
Implementing a Skills-Based Caregiver Training Program (Caregivers FIRST): Function QUERI 2.0
Implementing a Skills-Based Caregiver Training (Caregivers FIRST): Function QUERI 2.0 aims to compare implementation strategies for large-scale spread of Caregivers FIRST, a group training for friend or family caregivers of…
- Trial name
- NCT05319535
- Testing
- Implementation Strategy: Foundational REP, Implementation Strategy: Enhanced REP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hip Fractures, Stroke
Feasibility of the Geriatric Activation Program Pellenberg With Caregiver Involvement
This interventional study aims to see if involving caregivers as exercise partners with the physiotherapist throughout in-hospital geriatric rehabilitation and the first six weeks following discharge is feasible.
- Conditions
- Hip Fractures, Stroke, Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT05419284
- Testing
- GAPP+Care, +Care, Observation of GAPP+Care
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Dementia, Empowerment
Empowerment Intervention for Persons With Young Onset Dementia
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an empowerment intervention for community-dwelling persons with young onset dementia and their informal caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT02937883
- Testing
- Empowerment intervention
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Dementia, Caregiver Stress
Horticultural Activities Among the People with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
The goal of this study is to explore the effects of technology-enhanced horticultural activities on people with dementia (PWD) and their family caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT06665243
- Testing
- Technology-enhanced horticultural activities
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BPSD, Expressed Emotion
Intervention for Emotions in Caregivers of Dementia
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-week Caregivers Of dementia Processing Emotions (COPE) program using the integrative therapy to reduce EE (primary outcome) in family caregiver of PLwD to alleviate the…
- Conditions
- BPSD, Expressed Emotion, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06359704
- Testing
- Caregivers Of dementia Processing Emotions (COPE) program
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Dementia, Nurse Care Coordination
Dyadic, App-supported Collaborative Care Intervention Trial for Family Caregivers of People Living With Dementia
In Germany, approximately 1.8 million individuals are living with dementia, representing a considerable share of those requiring long-term care.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Nurse Care Coordination, Informal Caregiver
- Trial name
- Living@Home (NCT07251088)
- Testing
- Experimental arm
- Where
- 12 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 554 people
- Sponsor
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Work-Related Stress
Informal Caregivers at Work - Phase 2
Mental health problems are rising among children and adolescents. This may not only impact the child's level of daily functioning but also close family members.
- Trial name
- PPJob-II (NCT06441461)
- Testing
- Primary informal caregiver at work.
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 4,386,647 people
- Sponsor
- Team Working Life Denmark
Heart Failure, Congestive
Enhancing Caregiver Support for Heart Failure Patients: the CarePartner Study
Informal caregivers, assisted by health information technology may help to fill the gaps in VA care management of heart failure patients by enhancing support for patients' treatment adherence, behavior changes, and symptom…
- Trial name
- NCT00555360
- Testing
- HITCM+CP, HITCM only
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 372 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs