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Smartphone app-based intervention for reducing stress, depression, and anxiety in caregivers of people with dementia in Vietnam: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Than TN, Nguyen TT, Nguyen TC, Vu LT, Vo PT, TTruong K, Schofield P, Nguyen TA.. Digital health, 2023-01-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Objectives This study aims to: (1) identify the information required by family caregivers of people with dementia to be targeted within our dementia family caregiver intervention and (2) test the feasibility of the intervention and methodology to underpin a fully powered randomized controlled trial. Methods The study setting will be the Department of Geriatrics at Gia Dinh People's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Inclusion criteria will be the family caregivers of people with dementia living in the community, who attend the Department and use smartphones. In phase 1, we will identify the intervention content with family caregivers of people with dementia through 20 in-depth interviews to determine what information and skills they need. In phase 2, a pilot randomized control trial design will be conducted, with 60 family caregivers of people with dementia being assigned to the intervention or control group by the block randomization method with a ratio of 1:1. The intervention will include weekly, online, psycho-educational, group sessions hosted on the Zalo app. The participants will complete questionnaires at baseline, immediately postintervention, and 3-month postintervention. The feasibility of the intervention and methodology will be assessed, including the rates of recruitment, retention, completion of assessments, and acceptability of the intervention. Results The required information and skills in phase 1 may include dealing with worrying behavior changes in people with dementia, emotional support, and seeking support sources. The rates of recruitment, retention, completion of assessments, and acceptability of the intervention will be obtained in phase 2. The scores of symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety in the intervention group may be lower than those in the control group at postintervention and 3-month postintervention. Conclusion The study will provide a foundation for a fully powered clinical trial for the smartphone app-based intervention to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety among family caregivers of people with dementia in Vietnam.
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Than, T. N., Nguyen, T. T., Nguyen, T. C., Vu, L. T., Vo, P. T., TTruong, K., et al. (2023). Smartphone app-based intervention for reducing stress, depression, and anxiety in caregivers of people with dementia in Vietnam: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Digital health. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231163786
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Than TN, Nguyen TT, Nguyen TC, Vu LT, Vo PT, TTruong K, et al. Smartphone app-based intervention for reducing stress, depression, and anxiety in caregivers of people with dementia in Vietnam: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Digital health. 2023. doi:10.1177/20552076231163786. PMID: 36937692.
BibTeX
@article{than2023-36937692,
author = {Than, T. N. and Nguyen, T. T. and Nguyen, T. C. and Vu, L. T. and Vo, P. T. and TTruong, K. and Schofield, P. and Nguyen, T. A.},
title = {{Smartphone app-based intervention for reducing stress, depression, and anxiety in caregivers of people with dementia in Vietnam: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial}},
journal = {Digital health},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1177/20552076231163786},
pmid = {36937692},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231163786}
}
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Key findings
- Results The required information and skills in phase 1 may include dealing with worrying behavior changes in people with dementia, emotional support, and seeking support sources.
Study details
- Study designrandomized controlled trial
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 71/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported and studied in people because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 41 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 71 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Digital health) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2023 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 1 / 2 | Randomised (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
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| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 36937692) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 41 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 41 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 71 out of 100. |
| Total | 71 / 100 | — |
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