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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN08130075
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Does befriending by trained lay workers improve psychological well-being and quality of life for carers of people with dementia, and at what cost?: a randomised controlled trial.
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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BECCA
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Serial number at source
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HTA 99/34/07
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Study hypothesis
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1. To randomly allocate carers of people with dementia to one of two groups (access to an employed befriending facilitator vs. usual care) and follow-up for 3 years post-randomisation in order to compare: carer stress and coping strategies, quality of life in both the carers and people with dementia; resources use; and survival.
2. To document direct and indirect costs in both the intervention and control group, calculating the costs from the perspective of health, social and voluntary services and families involved in dementia care, and establish incremental cost-effectiveness.
3. To employ a befriending facilitator to collaborate with relevant voluntary agencies in recruiting, training and supporting befrienders, and matching befrienders to care dyads.
4. To disseminate project outputs including: effectiveness and cost effectiveness; model of befriender support and training.
Please note that the target number of participants was added as of 25/08/2009.
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration.
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Nervous system diseases: Dementia
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Carers of people with dementia
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration.
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2002
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Anticipated end date
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30/09/2006
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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236
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Interventions
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Access to an employed befriending facilitator vs. standard care
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Carer stress and coping strategies, quality of life in both the carers and people with dementia
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration.
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Sources of funding
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NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme - HTA (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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2008 HTA monograph in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18284895
2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18505757
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Contact name
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Dr
Georgina
Charlesworth
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Address
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Lecturer in Clinical & Hlth Psychology of Old Age
Centre for Behavioural & Social Science in Medicine
University College London
67-73 Charles Bell House
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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W1W 7EJ
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7679 9334
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7679 9028
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Email
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g.charlesworth@ucl.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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Quarry House
Quarry Hill
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City/town
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Leeds
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Zip/Postcode
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LS2 7UE
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Email
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Sheila.Greener@doh.gsi.gov.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
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Date applied
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25/04/2003
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Last edited
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25/08/2009
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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25/04/2003
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