Self-management and HeAlth Promotion in Early-stage dementia with e-learning for carers (SHAPE): Study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

Testad, Ingelin, Clare, Linda, Anstey, Kaarin, Selbæk, Geir, Bjørkløf, Guro Hanevold, Henderson, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0003-4340-4702, Dalen, Ingvild, Gjestsen, Martha Therese, Rhodes, Shelley, Røsvik, Janne, Bollen, Jessica, Amos, Jessica, Kajander, Martine Marie, Quinn, Lynne and Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215 (2020) Self-management and HeAlth Promotion in Early-stage dementia with e-learning for carers (SHAPE): Study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 20 (1). ISSN 1471-2458

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Background: With an increasing number of people with dementia worldwide and limited advancement in medical treatments, the call for new and cost-effective approaches is crucial. The utility of self-management has been proven in certain chronic conditions. However, very little work has been undertaken regarding self-management in people with dementia. Methods: The SHAPE trial will include 372 people with mild to moderate dementia to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an educational programme combining approaches of self-management, health promotion, and e-learning for care partners. The study is a multi-site, single-randomised, controlled, single-blinded trial with parallel arms. The intervention arm is compared with treatment as usual. The intervention comprises a 10-week course delivered as group sessions for the participants with dementia. The sessions are designed to develop self-management skills and to provide information on the nature of the condition and the development of healthy behaviours in a supportive learning environment. An e-learning course will be provided for care partners which covers similar and complementary material to that discussed in the group sessions for the participant with dementia. Discussion: This trial will explore the effect of the SHAPE group intervention on people with mild to moderate dementia in terms of self-efficacy and improvement in key health and mental health outcomes and cost-effectiveness, along with carer stress and knowledge of dementia. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04286139, registered prospectively February 26, 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04286139

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/
Divisions:	Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2020 08:42
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 04:28
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107047

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