A Comparison of Users and Nonusers of a Web-Based Intervention for Carers of Older Persons With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Mixed Methods Secondary Analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A self-administered Web-based intervention was developed to help carers of persons with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) and multiple chronic conditions (MCC) deal with the significant transitions they experience. The intervention, My Tools 4 Care (MT4C), was evaluated during a pragmatic mixed methods randomized controlled trial with 199 carers. Those in the intervention group received free, password-protected access to MT4C for three months. MT4C was found to increase hope in participants at three months compared with the control group. However, in the intervention group, 22% (20/92) did not use MT4C at all during the three-month period. OBJECTIVE:This mixed methods secondary analysis aimed to (1) examine differences at three months in the outcomes of hope, self-e

SUBMITTER: Duggleby W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913509 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature