Effectiveness of web-based intervention for life-change adaptation in family caregivers of community-dwelling individuals with acquired brain injury: A cluster-randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the effectiveness of the web-based intervention "Koji-family.net 3-day program" (KF3 PGM) for life-change adaptation in family caregivers of community-dwelling individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Design

A cluster-randomized trial.

Settings

All 82 institutions for families of individuals with ABI in Japan.

Participants

Participants were 240 families at 16 different institutions for families of individuals with ABI. Inclusion criteria for participants were (1) families caring for an individual with ABI, (2) family members aged 20 years and over, and (3) the individual with ABI developed ABI when aged more than 16 years and less than 65 years.

Methods

Clusters were randomly assigned to the intervention (8 clusters, n = 120) or th

SUBMITTER: Iwata Shindo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387826 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature