Delivering a holistic hospital-to-home framework to support family caregivers of persons with dementia: Protocol for a feasibility study.
Ee-Yuee Chan, George Frederick Glass
PMID 35285537WHAT IT FOUND
No results are reported.
This protocol plans a 12-month feasibility study of Carer Matters, a nurse-led hospital-to-home programme for family caregivers of people with dementia, not a test of whether it works.
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What it does not show
This is a protocol, so it reports no completed outcomes. The planned study will not have a control group, so it cannot compare Carer Matters against usual care. The study will be conducted during the ongoing COVID-19 situation, which may influence caregiver stress and recruitment.
Declared interests
The study was funded by a Geriatric Education and Research Institute Intramural Project Grant of £103,659. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that Carer Matters reduces caregiver burden. It is a feasibility protocol with no results and no control group.