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NCT number NCT04143763
Other study ID # HKUSON_LEE1
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 1, 2019
Est. completion date January 31, 2020

Study information

Verified date October 2019
Source The University of Hong Kong
Contact Jung Jae LEE, PhD
Phone 85239176971
Email leejay@hku.hk
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed trial aims to test the feasibility of ecological momentary intervention on stroke caregivers' psychological distress.


Description:

75% of stroke caregivers report severe caregiver burdens, with 60% of stroke caregivers reporting at least one depressive symptom in Hong Kong. However, caregivers can experience difficulties in accessing and fully utilising existing services due to the varying types of care needs and its intensities amongst stroke survivors.

Ecological momentary intervention (EMI) as an innovative and personalised intervention has shown great potential in supporting psychological well-being; yet, there are no studies on using EMI for the caregivers' psychological support. The proposed trial aims to reduce stroke caregivers' psychological distress by delivering EMI through instant messaging applications to provide personalised and real-time support led by healthcare professionals.

Stroke caregivers screened by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) with scores ranging from 5 to 19 will be recruited from multiple sites including community centres, rehabilitation centres and outpatient clinics in public hospitals in Hong Kong, and individually randomised into the intervention group (n=20) or control group (n=20). The intervention group will receive the personalised instant messages for 4 weeks. The control group will receive general health information and regular messages reminding them to participate in follow-up surveys. The primary outcome will be the score of PHQ-9 at 4 weeks. Secondary outcomes will include anxiety, perceived stress, and caregiver burden.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 40
Est. completion date January 31, 2020
Est. primary completion date October 30, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Primary family caregiver of stroke survivor

- Able to read and communicate in Chinese

- Able to use mobile phone text messaging function

- PHQ-9 ranged from 5 to 19

Exclusion Criteria:

- Professional medical personnel and care assistants

- Has provided care for <1 month prior to recruitment

- Has diagnosis of psychiatric disease or is currently taking psychotropic drug

- PHQ-9 = 20 (i.e., severe depressive symptom)

- Currently participating in any type of psychological support intervention

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI)
Using the messaging function of mobile devices, EMI offers a framework to deliver health information to the target population, corresponding to each individual's demands in terms of type (e.g., photo, text and/or voice message), timing, duration, and frequency of the messages, which are different to the features from other interventions

Locations

Country Name City State
Hong Kong Hong Kong PHAB Association Hong Kong
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stroke Association Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change depressive symptoms by Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Scale (questionnaire) at 4 weeks Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Scale: PHQ-9 is a scale for screening depression in primary care. It consists of 9 items with 4 likert scale. Score range is from 0 to 27 (higher score = higher severity of depressive symptom). 4 weeks
Secondary Change anxiety symptoms by Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) Scale at 4 weeks Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) Scale: GAD-7 is a scale for screening anxiety in primary care. It consists of 7 items with 4 likert scale.
Score range is from 0 to 21 (higher score = higher severity of anxiety symptom).
4 weeks
Secondary Change stress levels by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) at 4 weeks Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4); PSS-4 is a scale for screening stress level. It consists of 4 items with 5 likert scale. Score range is from 0 to 16 (higher score = higher severity of stress). 4 weeks
Secondary Change caring burdens by Burden Interview-4 (ZBI-4) at 4 weeks Burden Interview-4 (ZBI-4) Scale: ZBI-4 is a scale for screening carer's burdens. It consists of 4 items with 5 likert scale.
Score range is from 0 to 16 (higher score = higher severity of caring burden).
4 weeks
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