Effects of a caregiver-inclusive assistive technology intervention: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The principal aim of this study was to investigate whether a caregiver-inclusive assistive technology intervention improved older care recipients' functional autonomy and decreased the perceived burden of their family caregivers compared to customary care.

Methods

The study was a single-blind, mixed-methods, randomized controlled trial with baseline data collection and follow-ups at 6-, 22-, and 58-weeks after baseline evaluation, which was prospectively registered ( ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01640470. Registered 11/21/2011). Dyads comprising a care recipient and family caregiver were randomly assigned to either a caregiver-inclusive experimental group (N = 44) or a customary-care comparison group (N = 46). Eligible care recipients were aged ≥55 years and

SUBMITTER: Ben Mortenson W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907288 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature