NCT07695194Completed
Conectando Corazones Intervention in Family Caregivers of an Older Adult With Dementia
Systematized Nursing Intervention to Strengthen the Family Caregiver Role of an Older Adult With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objective of this randomized clinical trial, with pre-test and post-test measurements in an experimental group and a comparison group, was to evaluate the effect of the systematized nursing intervention "Conectando Corazones" (Connecting Hearts) in strengthening the exercise of the family caregiver role among family caregivers of older adults with dementia, using the Family Caregiver Role Adoption instrument for caregivers of persons with chronic illness. Main Hypothesis: Is there a difference in family caregiver role performance between family caregivers of older adults with dementia who receive a systematized nursing intervention and those who receive conventional care? The researchers compared the exercise of the role (responses, organization, and tasks) of family caregivers of older adults with dementia, before and after receiving either the systematized nursing intervention or conventional care. Participants were required to: * Undergo characterization, in both the experimental and comparison groups, based on the Caregiving Dyad Characterization Form (GCPC-UN-D), designed by the Chronic Patient Care Research Group of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. * Complete the pre-test simultaneously in both groups (measurement of family caregiver role performance using the ROL instrument). * The experimental group received the systematized nursing intervention to strengthen the exercise of the family caregiver role, consisting of 3 modules with 2 sessions each. Sessions were 2 hours long, for a total of 6 sessions (12 hours); 3 in-person sessions and 3 independent work sessions (with materials and educational aids provided). * The comparison group received conventional care. * Both groups then simultaneously completed the post-test using the same instrument.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (actual)
- First submitted
- 4 Jul 2026
- Start date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Primary completion date
- 10 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Universidad de la Sabana
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT07695194
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 80
- From 2 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 10 Oct 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Caring for a person with dementia who is hospitalized.
- Having to institutionalize the older adult with dementia in a long-term care facility during the course of the study.
- Loss of the family caregiver or the older adult with dementia during the course of the study.
Who the study is looking for
- Being the primary family caregiver of an older adult aged 60 years or older with dementia.
- Having served as a caregiver for more than 3 months.
- Caring for an older adult with dementia at home.
- Being 18 years of age or older.
- Having adequate cognitive and communication abilities to participate in the study
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Park Library, Neiva, Huila Rivera Public Utilities, Rivera, Huila. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Neiva | Colombia | Unknown status |
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