Implementation Science in Thailand: Design and Methods of a Geriatric Mental Health Cluster-Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thailand has a rapidly aging population yet lacks evidence for effective and scalable evidence-based psychosocial interventions to support persons living with dementia and their family caregivers. In this study of a culturally adapted and evidence-based clinical program (Reducing Disabilities in Alzheimer's Disease [RDAD]), designed to reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in older adults, the authors test the hypothesis that an implementation support strategy, Getting To Outcomes (GTO), would produce better implementation and clinical outcomes compared with usual implementation of RDAD in Thailand.

Methods

The study uses a hybrid type III cluster-randomized design to compare eight geographical districts that receive training on both implementin

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature