A web-based psychoeducational program for informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although several face-to-face programs are dedicated to informal caregivers of persons with dementia, they are not always accessible to overburdened or isolated caregivers. Based on a face-to-face intervention program, we adapted and designed a Web-based fully automated psychoeducational program (called Diapason) inspired by a cognitive approach.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate through a pilot unblinded randomized controlled trial the efficacy and acceptability of a Web-based psychoeducational program for informal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease (PWAD) based on a mixed methods research design.

Methods

We recruited and randomized offline 49 informal caregivers of a PWAD in a day care center in Paris, France. They either received the Web

SUBMITTER: Cristancho-Lacroix V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4468784 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature