End-of-life Intervention for African American Dementia Caregivers
2019年12月8日 更新者：Gloria J. Bonner、University of Illinois at Chicago
Community-based End-of-Life Intervention for African American Dementia Caregivers
In a community-based approach, the investigators long-term goal is to empower African American family caregivers who are designated healthcare proxies to make informed end-of-life treatment decisions for participants with moderate to severe dementia before a life-threatening medical crisis occurs.
研究概览
详细说明
The investigators conducted a randomized controlled trial for efficacy of the Advance Care Treatment Program in an African American church-based community model.
The investigators compared the effect of the experimental and control groups on knowledge, self-efficacy, intentions and behaviors from 4 urban African American churches randomly assigned to experimental (n=2) or control (n=2) conditions,304 (experimental n=152; control (n=152) health care proxies of participants that have advanced stage dementia: (a) were concurrently recruited in small classes each with 8-9 healthcare proxies.
研究类型
观察性的
注册 (实际的)
355
参与标准
研究人员寻找符合特定描述的人，称为资格标准。这些标准的一些例子是一个人的一般健康状况或先前的治疗。
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
- 孩子
- 成人
- 年长者
接受健康志愿者
是的
有资格学习的性别
全部
取样方法
概率样本
研究人群
African American family caregivers over the age of 18 who attend four specific urban mega churches who meet the eligibility criteria for the study.
描述
"Inclusion Criteria"
- Caregiver spouse or adult child of care recipient
- Caregiver knowledgeable about care recipient's medical history
- Care recipient must be African American
- Care recipient must have moderate to severe stage dementia
- Care recipient must lack decisional capacity
"Exclusion Criteria"
- Not a caregiver
- Care recipient not African American,
- Care recipient without moderate to severe dementia
学习计划
本节提供研究计划的详细信息，包括研究的设计方式和研究的衡量标准。
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
队列和干预
团体/队列 |
干预/治疗 |
|---|---|
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Intervention and attention control
the Advance Care Treatment Plan experimental group received education on dementia cardiopulmonary resuscitation and tube feeding.
The attention control group received education on exercise stress control diabetes and hypertension
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subjects in experimental group are taught information on dementia mechanical ventilation tube feeding and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
|---|---|---|
|
Knowledge of dementia
大体时间：Three years
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Knowledge of Dementia Scale measures Knowledge of dementia with 17 dichotomous true/false items, maximum total score = 17 and Cronbach's α=.76.
Higher scores indicate greater practical understanding of dementia knowledge
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Three years
|
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Knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), mechanical ventilation (MV), tube feeding (TF)
大体时间：Three years
|
Knowledge of CPR, MV, and TF Scale mmeasures CPR, MV and TF with 18-items Likert (5-point) and yes/no questions.
Higher scores indicate increased general knowledge of CPR, MV and TF.
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Three years
|
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Self efficacy
大体时间：Three years
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Confidence in Treatment Decisions Made Scale measures self-efficacy on decision choices for CPR, MV, and TF with12-item Likert scale (1=extremely comfortable to 5=not at all comfortable) and Cronbach α=.93
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Three years
|
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Intention to make a Care Plan
大体时间：Three years
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Treatment Decisions Questionnaire measured Intention to make a Care Plan using the 3-item dichotomous (yes/no) items on each CPR, MV and TF.
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Three years
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
|---|---|---|
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Written Care Plan
大体时间：3 years
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Treatment Decision Questionnaire 3 items dichotomous yes/no measuring actual care plan implemented on CPR, MV, TF
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3 years
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合作者和调查者
在这里您可以找到参与这项研究的人员和组织。
调查人员
- 首席研究员：Gloria J Bonner, PhD、University of Illinois at Chicago
研究记录日期
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研究主要日期
学习开始 (实际的)
2013年8月15日
初级完成 (实际的)
2016年9月10日
研究完成 (实际的)
2019年5月31日
研究注册日期
首次提交
2017年10月5日
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
2017年10月23日
首次发布 (实际的)
2017年10月27日
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (实际的)
2019年12月10日
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
2019年12月8日
最后验证
2019年12月1日
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