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Table 2 Measurements

From: German adaptation of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health II: study protocol of a single-centred, randomised controlled trial

Point of measurement

Measures

Baseline assessment:

 

- caregiver sociodemographics

- sociodemographic data questionnaire

Baseline assessment with regard to people with dementia:

 

- sociodemographic information

- sociodemographic data questionnaire

- degree of cognitive impairment

- SIDAM score

Primary outcome:

 

- caregiver burden

- ZBI

Secondary outcomes:

 

- depression

- PHQ-4

- somatisation

- PHQ-15

- health-related quality of life

- SF-12

- social support

- ESSI

Secondary outcomes with regard to people with dementia:

 

- health-care service utilisation

- 1 question

- problem behaviour

- RMBC

  1. Note. SIDAM = Structured Interview for Diagnosing Alzheimer-Type Dementia, Multi-Stroke Dementia, and Dementias of other Aetiology according to DSM-III-R and ICD-10); ZBI = Zarit Burden Inventory; PHQ-4 = Patient Health Questionnaire - 4 items; PHQ-15 = Patient Health Questionnaire -15 items; SF-12 = Short-Form Health Survey -12 items; ESSI = ENRICHD Social Support Inventory; RMBC = Revised Memory and Behaviour Checklist.