The Tele-STELLA protocol: Telehealth-based support for families living with later-stage Alzheimer's disease.
Allison Lindauer, Deborah Messecar, Glenise McKenzie and 9 others
PMID 34288013WHAT IT FOUND
No results are reported.
This protocol describes a planned nurse-led videoconference program for family caregivers of people with later-stage dementia, aiming to reduce behavioral symptom frequency and caregiver reactivity.
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What it does not show
This is a protocol, so it reports no participants, no outcomes, and no effect of Tele-STELLA. The planned trial is not randomized, so it cannot by itself show that changes are due to the intervention. The main outcomes are caregiver reports of behavioral symptom frequency and caregiver reactivity, not direct measures of the person with dementia. The Constellation group component has not been tested, so its contribution is unknown. Scheduling accommodations and variable timing may make it hard to standardize the intervention across participants.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this protocol as evidence that Tele-STELLA reduces behavioral symptoms or caregiver reactivity. It reports no outcomes, and efficacy is only a planned aim.