CareCoachWP3 Feasibility trial
Research type
Research Study
Full title
CareCoach WP3 - A feasibility trial to assess the design and deliverability of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of the CareCoach package, part of the CareCoach programme: adapting and testing an intervention for carers of people with dementia
IRAS ID
316710
Contact name
Chris Fox
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Exeter
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN12540555
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 31 days
Research summary
This study is work package 3 (WP3) part of a wider programme called CARECOACH. We have taken a promising Dutch intervention called 'Partner in Balance' for carers of people with dementia and adapted this for UK settings to create the CareCoach intervention. This is a blended care package including online health resource modules and one-to-one coaching. This study will test the practicalities and processes for running a small trial of the CareCoach intervention. We aim to recruit 42 carers from 7 sites across England and Wales. We plan to use different recruitment methods including direct referral from NHS memory clinics, advertising in local community groups and memory cafes, and advertising campaigns using national charitable organisations e.g. Dementia UK, Alzheimer’s Society, and through social media. This will help to optimise the recruitment strategy for a larger future trial. Participants consenting to take part in the study will be randomly assigned to the CareCoach intervention or continue usual care. Those in the intervention will have access to the CareCoach online resources and a coach for 8 weeks who will encourage the participant to work through several of the CareCoach modules. We will examine how well questionnaire measures are collected at baseline and at 6 months follow up timepoints. We will also assess training and delivery of the intervention. We will invite a small number of participants to be interviewed. This is to gather feedback on the participants experience of taking part in this study in order to improve this for future participants in the larger future trial.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/NW/0293
Date of REC Opinion
8 Nov 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion