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

Bart Hattink   ¹ , MSc ;   Franka Meiland   ¹ , PhD ;   Henriëtte van der Roest   ¹ , PhD ;   Peter Kevern   ² , PhD ;   Francesca Abiuso   ³ , PhD ;   Johan Bengtsson   ⁴ , MSc ;   Angele Giuliano   ⁵ , MSc ;   Annalise Duca   ⁵ , BSc ;   Jennifer Sanders   ² , MSc ;   Fern Basnett   ² , MSc ;   Chris Nugent   ⁶ , PhD ;   Paul Kingston   ⁷ , PhD ;   Rose-Marie Droes   ¹ , PhD

¹ VU University medical center Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam, Netherlands

² Staffordshire University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stafford, United Kingdom

³ Medea, Firenze, Italy

⁴ Internit, Lulea, Sweden

⁵ Across Limits, Hamrun, Malta

⁶ University of Ulster, Faculty of Computing and Engineering, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom

⁷ University of Chester, Department of Health & Social Care, Chester, United Kingdom