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Tai Po Hidden Carers Support and Home-Based Respite Project

No phase Interventional Caregiver Wellbeing

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: 30 hr Respite Service, Case follow-up, Crisis management, Phone Check-in.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Caregiver Wellbeing. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Hong Kong
Next step
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Overview

The primary objective of this study is to identify and support hidden caregivers of older adults. Caregivers are assessed before the intervention on their mental well-being and social connectedness. Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. They will receive different types of services (intervention) accordingly. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Detailed description

"All participants will provide informed consent at the time of enrolment. Both caregivers and their care recipients will complete an assessment. Caregivers are screened for their physical health, mental well-being, social engagement, and social connectedness. Care recipients are screened for their physical health and capacity in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.

Caregivers are triaged into four levels: low, mild, moderate and high. Caregivers in low level will receive case follow-up service, those in mild level will receive regular phone check-in, those in moderate level will receive a maximal of 30 hours of respite service within 6 month, and those in high level will receive professional counselling. At the end of the service period (or 6-months after the baseline), caregivers and care recipients will complete the assessment again to measure the changes of the primary outcomes.

Interventions

  • Other 30 hr Respite Service
    Caregivers will be provided with 30 hours of respite service within 6 months. Trained substitute caregivers will provide in-home elderly-sitting service.
  • Other Case follow-up
    Case follow-up service provided by social workers. Social workers will call the caregiver regularly to see if situation changes.
  • Other Crisis management
    Crisis management and councelling provided by social workers and professionals.
  • Other Phone Check-in
    Regular phone check-in and on-demand services (e.g., escort to hospital) provided by volunteers.

Primary outcome measures

  • Change from baseline in score in caregiving needs on the Carer Needs Screening Tool (CNST-11) after the intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]
  • Change from baseline in score in social support on MOS Social Support Survey after the intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]
  • Change from baseline in score in the severity and disturbance of symptoms of care recipient on Neuropsychiatric Inventory after the intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]
  • Change from baseline in score in social connectedness on Social Connectedness Scale after the intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]
  • Change from baseline in score in the view on gender role on Gender Role Attitude Scale after the intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]
  • Change in score from baseline in quality of life measured by EQ-5D-5L after intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]
  • Changes in score from baseline in perception of caregiving measured by Positive Aspect of Caregiving scale after intervention [Time frame: Baseline and Immediate after intervention]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Provide ADL/IADL assistance to at least one older adult (aged 60+),
  • Not currently using any types of respite service,
  • Able to communicate in either Cantonese, English or Mandarin
  • Voluntarily participate

Exclusion criteria

  • The care recipient is not living in the community

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Non-randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Health services research

Study locations

Hong Kong · 2 centers
  • University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
  • University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07004855 · EA250321

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗