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N/ACompleted· 60 enrolled
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Bibliotherapybehavioral
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Bibliotherapy for Improving Caregiving Appraisal Among Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University·interventional·Posted Feb 25, 2019·Updated Oct 19, 2020

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating Bibliotherapy for Dementia. Completed, enrolled 60 participants across 1 site.

Detailed Summary

This is a 8-week pilot randomized controlled trial utilizing bibliotherapy compared with usual care to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of bibliotherapy among informal caregivers of people with dementia in China, and preliminarily examine the efficacy on improving caregiving appraisal.

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional
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Primary Purpose--
ConditionsDementia
CountriesHong Kong
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Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished
20192020202120222023202420252026
First PostedFeb 25, 2019
Enrollment StartDec 1, 2018
Primary CompletionSep 30, 2019
Study CompletionAug 30, 2020
TodayJul 2, 2026
Enrollment to primary: 10 monthsPosted 7.4 years ago

Interventions

Bibliotherapybehavioral

Bibliotherapy is the use of reading materials for therapeutic benefits. In this study, an evidence-based modified manual will be used as the reading material. The manual adopts the self-directed problem-solving approach to dementia caregiving, examples of how other caregivers solve the specific problem for each chapter is included in the corresponding chapter. Bibliotherapy also involves guided learning by reading written information, enabling caregivers to solve their caregiving problems "step-by-step", so telephone coach is designed to figure out participants understanding, find out the unsolved problems and guide them for finding out the solution by themselves.