Supporting Informal Dementia Caregivers Through an iSupport Web-Based Primary Health Care Intervention: Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Informal caregivers of home-dwelling people with dementia experience significant unmet needs. However, family physician teams as primary health care gatekeepers for aging populations in China remain an underused resource for structured caregiver support.

Objective

This hybrid effectiveness-implementation study aimed to evaluate a policy-aligned integration of the World Health Organization's iSupport web-based program with China's family physician contract services for informal dementia caregivers while systematically assessing implementation determinants using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).

Methods

A cluster randomized controlled trial enrolled 120 informal caregivers of people with dementia in Beijing randomly assigned to ei

SUBMITTER: Yuan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature