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dc.contributor.authorHattink, Bart*
dc.contributor.authorMeiland, Franka*
dc.contributor.authorvan der Roest, Henriëtte*
dc.contributor.authorKevern, Peter*
dc.contributor.authorAbiuso, Francesca*
dc.contributor.authorBengtsson, Johan*
dc.contributor.authorGiuliano, Angele*
dc.contributor.authorDuca, Annalise*
dc.contributor.authorSanders, Jennifer*
dc.contributor.authorBasnett, Fern*
dc.contributor.authorNugent, Chris*
dc.contributor.authorKingston, Paul*
dc.contributor.authorDröes, Rose-Marie*
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-21T12:13:15Z
dc.date.available2018-08-21T12:13:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-30
dc.identifier.citationHattink, B., Meiland, F., van der Roest, H., Kevern, P., Abiuso, F., Bengtsson, J., . . . Dröes, R.-M. (2015). Web-Based STAR E-Learning Course Increases Empathy and Understanding in Dementia Caregivers: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(10), e241. doi:10.2196/jmir.4025
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/jmir.4025
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/621347
dc.description.abstractBackground: The doubling of the number of people with dementia in the coming decades coupled with the rapid decline in the working population in our graying society is expected to result in a large decrease in the number of professionals available to provide care to people with dementia. As a result, care will be supplied increasingly by untrained informal caregivers and volunteers. To promote effective care and avoid overburdening of untrained and trained caregivers, they must become properly skilled. To this end, the European Skills Training and Reskilling (STAR) project, which comprised experts from the domains of education, technology, and dementia care from 6 countries (the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Malta, Romania, and the United Kingdom), worked together to create and evaluate a multilingual e-learning tool. The STAR training portal provides dementia care training both for informal and formal caregivers. Objective: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the user friendliness, usefulness, and impact of STAR with informal caregivers, volunteers, and professional caregivers. Methods: For 2 to 4 months, the experimental group had access to the STAR training portal, a Web-based portal consisting of 8 modules, 2 of which had a basic level and 6 additional modules at intermediate and advanced levels. The experimental group also had access to online peer and expert communities for support and information exchange. The control group received free access to STAR after the research had ended. The STAR training portal was evaluated in a randomized controlled trial among informal caregivers and volunteers in addition to professional caregivers (N=142) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Assessments were performed with self-assessed, online, standardized questionnaires at baseline and after 2 to 4 months. Primary outcome measures were user friendliness, usefulness, and impact of STAR on knowledge, attitudes, and approaches of caregivers regarding dementia. Secondary outcome measures were empathy, quality of life, burden, and caregivers’ sense of competence. Results: STAR was rated positively by all user groups on both usefulness and user friendliness. Significant effects were found on a person-centered care approach and on the total score on positive attitudes to dementia; both the experimental and the control group increased in score. Regarding empathy, significant improvements were found in the STAR training group on distress, empathic concern, and taking the perspective of the person with dementia. In the experimental group, however, there was a significant reduction in self-reported sense of competence. Conclusions: The STAR training portal is a useful and user-friendly e-learning method, which has demonstrated its ability to provide significant positive effects on caregiver attitudes and empathy.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJMIR Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.jmir.org/2015/10/e241en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectdementiaen_US
dc.subjectcaregiversen_US
dc.subjectdistance-learningen_US
dc.subjectempathyen_US
dc.titleWeb-Based STAR E-Learning Course Increases Empathy and Understanding in Dementia Caregivers: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in the Netherlands and the United Kingdomen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1438-8871
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity Medical Center Amsterdam; Staffordshire University; Medea; Internit; Across Limits; University of Ulster; University of Chester.
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Medical Internet Research
dc.date.accepted2015-01-01
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderLeonardo da Vinci Life Long Learning Programme of the European Union and the BAVO Foundation in the Netherlandsen_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectEUen_US
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_US
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.2196/jmir.4025
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-08-21


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