Tokyo, June 10 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061848) titled 'Effects of reading others' Good Things Diaries of Caregiving on psychological well-being, caregiving burden, positive aspects of caregiving, and perceived stress among family caregivers: an exploratory randomized controlled trial' on June 9.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Active

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Urawa University

Condition: Condition - Caregiving burden among family caregivers Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - This study aims to examine whether reading others' Good Things Diaries of Caregiving or general caregiving diaries for 14 days affects caregiving burden among family caregivers. The study also exploratorily examines effects on psychological well-being, positive aspects of caregiving, and perceived stress. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Participants read one Good Things Diary of Caregiving written by another caregiver per day for 14 days using a smartphone messaging application. The diaries describe positive caregiving-related events and associated feelings or thoughts. Each diary is anonymized and accompanied by brief demographic information about the diary writer and care recipient. Interventions/Control_2 - Participants read one general caregiving diary written by another caregiver per day for 14 days using a smartphone messaging application. The diaries describe caregiving-related events and associated feelings or thoughts. Each diary is anonymized and accompanied by brief demographic information about the diary writer and care recipient.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 20 years-old <= Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Adult family caregivers who currently live with and provide care for a parent or parent-in-law certified as requiring long-term care in Japan; are able to use a smartphone messaging application; and provided informed consent to participate. Key exclusion criteria - No explicit exclusion criteria were prespecified. Participants whose intervention adherence could not be confirmed were excluded from the analysis. Target Size - 40

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - No longer recruiting Date of protocol fixation - 2024 Year 02 Month 14 Day Date of IRB - 2024 Year 03 Month 29 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2024 Year 04 Month 17 Day Last follow-up date - 2024 Year 05 Month 08 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070760

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