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Table 1 Core set of used instruments

From: Telephone-based aftercare groups for family carers of people with dementia: study protocol of the Talking Time – REHAB project

Dimensions

Measurement Instrument

t0

t1

t3

t4

Primary Outcome

 Participation

Index zur Messung von Einschränkungen der Teilhabe (IMET) [19, 24]

 

Secondary outcome

 Psychological distress n

Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) [27]

 General health complaints

Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) [28]

 Subjective health–related quality of life

World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQUOL-BREF) [29, 30]

 Social support

Fragebogen zur sozialen Unterstützung (F – SozU) [31]

 

 Performance in different areas of life

Single scales [32, 33]

 

 Support offers

Single items

 

Moderator variables

 Height, weight, smoking

Single items [34]

 

 Socio-demographic data

Deck & Röckelein 1999 [35]