Adaptation of an eHealth Intervention: iSupport for Carers of People with Rare Dementias.

ABSTRACT: 'iSupport' is an online psychoeducation and skills development intervention created by the World Health Organisation to support people with dementia. This project adapted iSupport for carers of people with rare dementias (iSupport RDC), creating a new resource to support the health and wellbeing of this underserved population. The adaptation involved three phases: (1) Co-design methods to generate preliminary adaptations; (2) Analysis of phase one findings informing adaptations to iSupport to develop; iSupport RDC; (3) Post-adaptation survey to ascertain participant agreement with the adaptations in iSupport RDC. Fourteen participants contributed, resulting in 212 suggested adaptations, of which 94 (92%) were considered practical, generalisable, and aligned with iSupport principles. These

SUBMITTER: Naunton Morgan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10815602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature