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IRCT138809302200N2 IRCT 2010-03-18 Vice chancellor for research of Isfahan university of medical sciences The effect of family education program on families' burden in elderly patients with dementia The effect of family education program on family caregivers' burden in elderly patients with dementia 2009-04-09 anticipated 50 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/1827 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive. N/A Dementia. Intervention 1: Family education program about care of elderly. Intervention 2: No intervention in control group.
public Jahangir Maghsoudi
No.95, Poorsina alley, Beheshti st.
Isfahan Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8184685651 +98 31 1234 9963 maghsoudi@nm.mui.ac.ir Isfahan university of medical sciences scientific Saeid Pahlavanzadeh
No. 12, Sadra building, Mehr alley, Khayam st.
Isfahan Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8185676391 +98 31 1772 7861 pahlavanzadeh@nm.mui.ac.ir Isfahan university of medical sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Inclusion criteria: family caregiver knows yourself as main caregiver of patient, age of caregiver is above 21 years, he or she would have education level above elementary, she or he would be as main caregiver only for one patient with chronic condition (with dementia), she or he didn’t participate in family education meetings about care of elderly before, other caregivers (such as private nurses) didn’t help for caring of patient. Exclusion criteria: caregiver would participate in less than 4 education meetings, patient would pass away during study, caregiver has acute or chronic physical & mental diseases which obstruct patient care, caregiver would use psychotropic drugs, caregiver abandon care of elderly to long term care centers during one month after intervention no limit 91 years Both F00, F01, Dementia Other N/A Family education program about care of elderly No intervention in control group Reduction of caregiving burden. Timepoint: 5 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: caregiving burden index. Vice chancellor for research of Isfahan university of medical sciences Approved 2010-01-13 Vice chancellor for research of Isfahan university of medical sciences Hezarjarib street Isfahan Iran (Islamic Republic of)