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NCT05551533
Mobile App Intervention for Informal Dementia Caregivers
NA trial testing Kampung Care App in Caregiver Burden in 59 participants. Completed in 1 June 2024.
1 March 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Institute of Mental Health, Singapore |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 59 |
| Start date | 1 December 2022 |
| Primary completion | 1 March 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 1 June 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Singapore |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Kampung Care App
Conditions studied
- Caregiver Burden — all drugs for Caregiver Burden →
- Dementia — all drugs for Dementia →
- Digital Health — all drugs for Digital Health →
Sponsor
Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
Who can join
21 and older, any sex, with Caregiver Burden or Dementia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Informal caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) usually experience elevated levels of caregiving burden and potential depression. This project aims to develop and pilot-test a mobile app intervention for informal caregivers of PWD in Singapore. The project will have three phases in total including 1) phase 1 - to develop the app prototype and collect feedback from caregivers via focused group discussions. 2) a pilot RCT with 60 participants in total - 30 will be required to use the app for one month while another 30 will be on a waiting list for one month. and 3) in-depth interviews to seek users' feedback on the app for its future improvements. We hypothesize that the mobile app designed through a user-centered process would lead to high acceptance and high user engagement among local dementia caregivers. The 1-month intervention using the app developed subsequently would lower the reported depressive symptoms among local dementia caregiver. It will also improve their knowledge of dementia, caregiving efficacy, positive coping strategy, perceived positive aspects of caregiver and social support, and their mental well-being; and reduce their caregiving burden, and level of anxiety, compared to the control group.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Evaluating a mobile-based intervention to promote the mental health of informal dementia caregivers in Singapore: Study protocol for a pilot two-armed randomised controlled trial.
Lee YT, Yuan Q, Zhang Y, Samari E, et al · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 38913625 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0305729 -
Evaluating the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a mobile-based intervention to promote the mental health of informal caregivers of persons with dementia in Singapore: Results from a mixed-methods two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial.
Yuan Q, Lee YT, Samari E, Zhang Y, et al · · 2026 · PMID 41475574 · DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2025.121059
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05551533 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
- Last refreshed: 7 January 2026
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