TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility and acceptability of NIDUS-Professional, a training and support intervention for homecare workers caring for clients living with dementia
T2 - a cluster-randomised feasibility trial protocol
AU - Zabihi, Sedigheh
AU - Duffy, Larisa
AU - Kelleher, Daniel
AU - Lord, Kathryn
AU - Dar, Ayesha
AU - Koutsoubelis, Freya
AU - Banks, Sara
AU - Rapaport, Penny
AU - Mason, Clare
AU - Vickerstaff, Victoria
AU - Barber, Julie A.
AU - Manthorpe, Jill
AU - Walters, Kate
AU - Lang, Iain
AU - Rockwood, Kenneth
AU - Duggan, Sandra
AU - Kales, Helen
AU - Cooper, Claudia
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PY - 2022/12/26
Y1 - 2022/12/26
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Most people living with dementia want to remain living in their own homes, and are supported to do so by family carers and homecare workers. There are concerns that homecare is often unable to meet the needs of this client group, with limited evidence regarding effective interventions to improve it for people living with dementia. We have developed a training and support programme for homecare workers (NIDUS-Professional) to be delivered alongside support sessions for people living with dementia and their family carers (NIDUS-Family). We aim to assess (1) its acceptability among homecare workers and employing agencies, and (2) the feasibility of homecare workers, people living with dementia and their family carers completing the outcomes of intervention in a future randomised controlled trial. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a cluster-randomised (2:1) single-blind, multisite feasibility trial. We aim to recruit 60-90 homecare workers, 30-60 clients living with dementia and their family carers through 6-9 English homecare agencies. In the intervention arm, homecare staff will be offered six group sessions on video call over three months, followed by monthly group sessions over the subsequent three-month period. Outcome measures will be collected at baseline and at six months. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study received ethical approval on 7 January 2020 from the Camden & King's Cross Research Ethics Committee. Study reference: 19/LO/1667. Findings will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed journal, conference presentation and blog to research and clinical audiences; we will attend forums to present findings to participating homecare agencies and their clients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN15757555.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Most people living with dementia want to remain living in their own homes, and are supported to do so by family carers and homecare workers. There are concerns that homecare is often unable to meet the needs of this client group, with limited evidence regarding effective interventions to improve it for people living with dementia. We have developed a training and support programme for homecare workers (NIDUS-Professional) to be delivered alongside support sessions for people living with dementia and their family carers (NIDUS-Family). We aim to assess (1) its acceptability among homecare workers and employing agencies, and (2) the feasibility of homecare workers, people living with dementia and their family carers completing the outcomes of intervention in a future randomised controlled trial. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a cluster-randomised (2:1) single-blind, multisite feasibility trial. We aim to recruit 60-90 homecare workers, 30-60 clients living with dementia and their family carers through 6-9 English homecare agencies. In the intervention arm, homecare staff will be offered six group sessions on video call over three months, followed by monthly group sessions over the subsequent three-month period. Outcome measures will be collected at baseline and at six months. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study received ethical approval on 7 January 2020 from the Camden & King's Cross Research Ethics Committee. Study reference: 19/LO/1667. Findings will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed journal, conference presentation and blog to research and clinical audiences; we will attend forums to present findings to participating homecare agencies and their clients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN15757555.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066166
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066166
M3 - Article
C2 - 36572489
AN - SCOPUS:85144637673
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 12
SP - e066166
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 12
ER -