A Daily-Activity-Focused, Strategy-Based Educational Programme for Informal Dementia Carers

This study will assess the impact of the Dementia Carer Education Programme on the caregiving burden of informal dementia carers. Ninety informal dementia carers along with their care-recipients will be recruited and randomised to the experimental and control groups. All recruited dementia carers in the experimental group will receive the Dementia Carer Education Programme and the control group will receive usual carer support, both including one face-to-face education session and four follow-up sessions over 7 weeks. Caregiving burden will be assessed after receiving the programme. Statistical analysis of caregiving burden will follow the intention-to-treat principle, employing paired t-tests and linear modelling.

NCT Number	NCT07019441
Lead Sponsor	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Conditions	Dementia, Informal Caregivers
Enrollment	90 participants
Start Date	2025-04-22
Primary Completion	2026-12 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-06 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-06-15