E-bibliotherapy for improving the psychological well-being of informal caregivers of people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Table 2 Time schedule of enrolment, interventions, and assessments

	Study Period
	Enrolment	Allocation	Post-allocation
Timepoint	-t₀	t₀	t₁	t₂	t₃
	*1–9 m*	*1–9 m*	*4–12 m*	*7–15 m*	*10–18 m*
Enrolment:
Eligibility screen	X
Informed consent	X
Allocation		X
Interventions:
E-bibliotherapy group		There is an arrow covering T0 to T2
Control group		There is an arrow covering T0 to T2
Assessments:
Psychological well-being (Ryff’s psychological well-being scale)		X	X	X	X
Caregiving appraisal (Caregiving appraisal scale)		X	X	X	X
Mental health (DASS-21)		X	X	X	X
Biomarker of stress (Saliva cortisol concentration)		X	X	X	X
Health related quality of life (SF-12)		X	X	X	X

Note: t₀: baseline assessment, t₁: immediately post-intervention, t₂: 3 months post-intervention, t₃: 6 months post-intervention

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