Instant Message-delivered Early Psychological Intervention in Stroke Family Caregivers
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Stroke
Caregiver Burden
Mobile Phone Use
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Other
- Participants needed
- 152 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong · Other
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About This Trial
Psychological distress including depression and anxiety is a major component of caregiver stress, and its negative impact on caregivers' health and well-being has been established in the literature. A recent meta-analysis reported the prevalence of depression and anxiety in stroke caregivers as 40.2% and 21.4% respectively.
An evidence profile report by the World Health Organization(WHO) has emph…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Primary family caregiver of first-ever stroke patient who has \<15 modified Barthel Index(mBI) scores (moderate disability);
* Caregiver of a stroke patient who has a hospital inpatient stay of ≥6 days and ≤21days;
* Aged ≥18;
* Able to read and communicate in Chinese (Cantone…
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