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Integration Between Learning, Body and Emotions (I-ACE) (I-ACE)

Primary Purpose

Burnout, Professional, Dementia, Quality of Life

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Switzerland
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
I-ACE training
Standard non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) training
Sponsored by
Associazione Ginco Ticino
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Eligibility
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Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional supportive care trial for Burnout, Professional focused on measuring burnout, nursing home staff, dementia, oxytocine, training

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: Length of service more than six months. Exclusion Criteria: Presence of psychiatric illness or other medical condition that prevents participation in the training.

Sites / Locations

  • Nuring Homes of Canton Ticino areaRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Arm Type

Experimental

Active Comparator

No Intervention

Arm Label

I-ACE training

Standard non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) training

As usual control group

Arm Description

Participants will receive twenty-two sessions on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology and on awareness of body language.

Participants will receive twelve sessions on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology.

Participants will continue the usual care activities and non-pharmacological interventions already in use in the Nursing Homes without participating in the training.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Professional caregivers' burnout
Improvement in professional caregivers' burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared with the two control groups.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Professional caregivers' reading the mind in the eyes
Improvement in the ability of professional caregivers to understand and respond to the emotions of the other starting from the signals expressed by the eyes, as measured by the Reading the mind in the eyes test, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Salivary oxytocin of professional caregivers
Improvement in the salivary oxytocin of professional caregivers, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Professional caregivers' sense of competence
Improvement in the professional caregivers' sense of competence, as measured by the Dementia Care Staff Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff Scale, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
professional caregivers' perception of social capital and ethical climate
Improvement in the professional caregivers' perception of social capital and ethical climate, as measured by the Social capital and ethical climate at the Workplace of a hospital scale (SEW), from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Quality of life of people with dementia
Improvement in the quality of life of people with dementia perceived from professional caregivers, as measured by the Quality of Life in Late-stage Dementia questionnaire (QUALID), from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.

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First Posted
January 24, 2023
Last Updated
January 24, 2023
Sponsor
Associazione Ginco Ticino
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05710523
Brief Title
Integration Between Learning, Body and Emotions (I-ACE)
Acronym
I-ACE
Official Title
Efficay of Training on Non-pharmacological Therapies With People With Dementia in Nursing Home: Integration Between Learning, Body and Emotions in Synergy (I-ACE). A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Study.
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
January 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
February 8, 2021 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
August 30, 2024 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2025 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Associazione Ginco Ticino

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of training on non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) for people with dementia (PWD) on professional caregivers burnout and well-being in the relationship between caregivers and people with dementia (PWD) living in nursing home. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does I-ACE training, that includes a training in the emotional-behavioral reading of body language and the recognition of one's own emotions and those of others, reduces professional caregiver burnout? Does I-ACE training improves the ability to understand and respond to the emotions of the other starting from the signals expressed by the eyes, the activation of the predisposition to the relationship in terms of increase of salivary oxytocin, the sense of competence of the carers, the ethical climate at the workplace and the quality of life of the resident perceived by the team? Participants will attend twenty-two sessions: two theoretical meetings on dementia and NPT; ten supervision meetings on the methodology for implementing non-pharmacological therapies based on discussions of cases; ten meetings on the exploration of the bodily aspects involved in the relationship through theatrical exercises. The same cases will be re-discussed in the light of the body-emotional approach. Researchers will compare the I-ACE group with an active control group and an usual care control group to see if there are improvements in term of professional caregivers burnout, their ability to understand and respond to the emotions of PWD, increase of their levels of salivary oxytocin, sense of competence of the carers, the ethical climate at the workplace and the quality of life of the resident perceived by the team.
Detailed Description
The I-ACE study is a complex, single-center, randomized, controlled, single-blind experimental study with three parallel arms: I-ACE training (experimental group), standard NPT training (active control group), and a usual care group. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a year and a half NPT training that includes a theoretical-experiential dimension on the body (I-ACE training), compared to a standard NPT training, and usual care activities. The study involves the professional caregivers of the Nursing Homes of the Canton of Ticino. Participants in I-ACE study are professional caregivers of 15 Nursing Home in Canton Ticino area. The Nursing Home's responsibles will identify participants responding to inclusion criteria with the help of Principal investigator. The study coordinator (responsible Professor Rita Pezzati) will verify the presence of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. This information will be promptly transferred and kept in an electronic archive protected by a password. Access to the personal computer containing the data will be protected by an access key. In the database, to each subject will be assigned an identification code without references to personal data, which will be kept separately and protected by a keyword known only to the research manager or his delegate. The list of codes relating to the Nursing Homes and the eligible subjects will be delivered to the researcher who will arrange for the randomization. After generating the randomisation sequence, an independent researcher will forward it to the study coordinator for the assignment of the Nursing Homes to each of the three groups, experimental, active control and as usual control (block size (5 x 3 = 15). In line with similar studies (Gómez-Gascón et al., 2013; Verweij et al., 2018) we have planned three parallel arms with 90 subjects per arm, an estimated medium effect size (d = 0.05), an alpha level of 0.05, and a power of 0.91. Thereafter, a 10% attrition rate due to possible acute clinical conditions interfering with the participation in the study was considered. The power calculation was performed with the programme G*Power 3.1.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Burnout, Professional, Dementia, Quality of Life
Keywords
burnout, nursing home staff, dementia, oxytocine, training

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Model Description
The I-ACE training encompasses a training on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology and a training on awareness of body language which favors a passage from implicit to explicit knowledge. It allows the reading of the subjective relational experience of the care situation by the professional caregiver and a comparison of shared readings of the situation itself by the group of colleagues, and with the residents. Participants will follow: Two sessions, each lasting 4 hours, on theoretical introduction to the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology; Ten monthly supervisions, each lasting one and half hours, on discussion of clinical cases and implementation of the non-pharmacological therapies with person with dementia. Ten monthly supervisions, each lasting two hours, on theatrical exercises guided by an expert actor, with the help of a psychologist-psychotherapist who promotes understanding and awareness of self-reading in the relationship with the other.
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Outcomes Assessor
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
270 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
I-ACE training
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Participants will receive twenty-two sessions on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology and on awareness of body language.
Arm Title
Standard non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) training
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Participants will receive twelve sessions on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology.
Arm Title
As usual control group
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Participants will continue the usual care activities and non-pharmacological interventions already in use in the Nursing Homes without participating in the training.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
I-ACE training
Intervention Description
The I-ACE training encompasses a training on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology and a training on awareness of body language which favors a passage from implicit to explicit knowledge. It allows the reading of the subjective relational experience of the care situation by the professional caregiver and a comparison of shared readings of the situation itself by the group of colleagues, and with the residents. Participants will follow: Two sessions, each lasting 4 hours, on theoretical introduction to the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology; Ten monthly supervisions, each lasting one and half hours, on discussion of clinical cases and implementation of the non-pharmacological therapies with person with dementia. Ten monthly supervisions, each lasting two hours, on theatrical exercises guided by an expert actor, with the help of a psychologist-psychotherapist who promotes understanding and awareness of self-reading in the relationship with the other.
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Standard non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) training
Intervention Description
The standard NPT training encompasses a training on the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology. Participants will follow: Two sessions, each lasting 4 hours, on theoretical introduction to the non-pharmacological therapies' methodology; Ten monthly supervisions, each lasting one and half hours, on discussion of clinical cases and implementation of the non-pharmacological therapies with person with dementia.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Professional caregivers' burnout
Description
Improvement in professional caregivers' burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared with the two control groups.
Time Frame
547 days
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Professional caregivers' reading the mind in the eyes
Description
Improvement in the ability of professional caregivers to understand and respond to the emotions of the other starting from the signals expressed by the eyes, as measured by the Reading the mind in the eyes test, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Time Frame
547 days
Title
Salivary oxytocin of professional caregivers
Description
Improvement in the salivary oxytocin of professional caregivers, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Time Frame
547 days
Title
Professional caregivers' sense of competence
Description
Improvement in the professional caregivers' sense of competence, as measured by the Dementia Care Staff Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff Scale, from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Time Frame
547 days
Title
professional caregivers' perception of social capital and ethical climate
Description
Improvement in the professional caregivers' perception of social capital and ethical climate, as measured by the Social capital and ethical climate at the Workplace of a hospital scale (SEW), from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Time Frame
547 days
Title
Quality of life of people with dementia
Description
Improvement in the quality of life of people with dementia perceived from professional caregivers, as measured by the Quality of Life in Late-stage Dementia questionnaire (QUALID), from pre to post intervention. We expect a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the two control groups.
Time Frame
547 days

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Length of service more than six months. Exclusion Criteria: Presence of psychiatric illness or other medical condition that prevents participation in the training.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Roberta Vaccaro
Phone
+393394904237
Email
rvaccaro.gincoitalia@gmail.com
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Rita Pezzati, Professor
Organizational Affiliation
Ginco Ticino Association
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Nuring Homes of Canton Ticino area
City
Lugano
State/Province
Canton Ticino
Country
Switzerland
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Daniele Stival
Email
daniele.stival@ti.ch

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