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Education and support for family carers

Researchers are testing a family-focused programme and measuring the burden of caring for someone with Parkinson's.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: IRCT20181014041342N1

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Start (reported date)
2018-11-22

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Age 60 years and over · Ask the team who can join

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: both

Inclusion criteria: Seniority Entry Criteria: Age over 60 A definitive diagnosis of Parkinson's has been confirmed by a brain specialist. Except for Parkinson's disease, there is no other significant disease (cancer, dementia, speech impairment, deafness, debilitating heart disease, respiratory, renal disease) Elderly tend to participate in the study Major caregivers entry rates: Family members and primary caregivers of an elderly patient with Parkinson's disease. Take care of the patient for at least 6 months. The main investigator will have the desire to participate in the study. The main educator should have read and write literacy. Exclusion criteria: Exit criteria. Watch out for study: Refrain from continuing to participate in the study and collaborating with the researcher Disease disease Other diseases The emergence of conditions that the patient's caregiver can not use from the provided training Caring for someone else to take care of Parkinson's disease to another person or to care centers The failure of the main caregiver in more than one session of the classroom Expiry criteria for the study: Unwillingness to participate in the study In the event of a specific disease during the study
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

the effect of family-centered empowerment model implementation on family caregivers burden Parkinson's Elderly

Original description

Intervention: Intervention 1: Intervention group: A family-centered empowerment model consisting of 4 sessions of empowerment education (weekly 2 45-minute sessions). This is a four-step pattern of perceived threat, problem-solving, training participation and evaluation. Intervention 2: Control group: In the control group, no intervention will be required, but ethically, all training issues of empowerment sessions will be replicated in the form of pamphlet and instruction book, and will be available to the control group. Primary outcome: Carer Care Times. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study (before the intervention) at the end of the intervention and one and two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Zarit's Care Bar Questionnaire.

Conditions reported: Parkinson. Parkinson's disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: A family-centered empowerment model consisting of 4 sessions of empowerment education (weekly 2 45-minute sessions). This is a four-step pattern of perceived threat, problem-solving, training participation and evaluation. Intervention 2: Control group: In the control group, no intervention will be required, but ethically, all training issues of empowerment sessions will be replicated in the form of pamphlet and instruction book, and will be available to the control group.
Phases
N/A
Sponsor
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Start date reported by registry
2018-11-22 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

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Dr. Najmeh Valizadeh Zare · +98 51 3859 1511 · valizadehn@mums.ac.ir

Study locations

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Facility not reported

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Status not reported

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