689 7 archive 8084 disk0/00/00/06/89 2026-06-15 11:59:31 2026-06-15 11:59:31 2026-06-15 11:59:31 data_collection show Morris Lydia Sylvestre Yvonne Sutton Christopher Julian CJSutton3@lancashire.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6406-1318 pub C841 2023sub_L_C_T_U Dementia; Communication -- Psychological aspects; Caregivers; Carers of people with dementia; Psychosocial intervention; psychoeducational interventions; multicomponent intervention programs Objectives: The primary objective of this UK-based trial was to investigate the feasibility of conducting a multi-centre randomised controlled evaluation trial of Empowered Conversations (EC). EC is a 6-session group psychosocial intervention for family / informal care partners of people living with dementia. Methods: The feasibility trial used a pragmatic data-collector blind parallel two-group RCT design with two arms (EC intervention plus treatment as usual, and treatment as usual waitlist control). There was a 2:1 allocation in favour of the EC arm. Participants completed baseline outcome measures including measures of their psychological health, quality of life and service use. These were repeated after six-months. Results: Seventy-five care partners were recruited. The average number of people randomised per month was 8.9, consistent with the pre-specified average recruitment rate of 6 to 10 carers per month sufficient for proceeding to a multi-centre trial. A total of 58 (77%) participants were retained at 6 months follow up meeting the amber stop-go criterion (65%–<80%; green ≥80% retention). Conclusion: The trial indicated feasibility of progressing to an evaluation trial of EC. Recruitment was a sufficient level for a multi-centre trial across three proposed sites. Retention to follow-up was close to the green criterion, and ways of increasing retention in the evaluation trial have been identified. 2025-04-30 published Figshare https://doi.org/10.48420/28902908 collection NIHR201093 National Institute for Health Research http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272 2023Inst_LIFE rdmsupport@lancashire.ac.uk Professor of Clinical Trials Sutton Christopher Julian CJSutton3@lancashire.ac.uk ds_ext DOI https://doi.org/10.48420/28902908 pub DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-026-01799-6 https://knowledge.lancashire.ac.uk/id/eprint/59547/