Coordinating Center for Caregiver Intervention Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dementia, Alzheimer Disease

In brief

The primary goal of this study is to test a single multi-component intervention among family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. The overall objectives of study are to 1) identify and reduce modifiable risk factors among diverse family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder, 2) enhance the quality of care of the care recipients, and 3) enhance the well-being of the caregivers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00177489

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

613

Starts

2002-06-01

Expected to finish

2005-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-05

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• a. NINCDS (MD diagnosis) of dementia or cognitive impairment (raw score on MMSE of 23 or less)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Non-English, non-Spanish speaking
• History of Parkinson's Disease or a stroke with no reported decline in memory over the past year
• Active treatment (chemotherapy, radiation therapy) for cancer
• More than three acute medical hospitalizations in past year (other than psychiatric or Alzheimer's Disease related admission)
• Schizophrenia (onset of delusions before age 45) or other severe mental illness
• Dementia secondary to head trauma (probable)
• Blindness or deafness if either disability prohibits them from completion of data collection or participation in the interventions
• MMSE = 0 and Bedbound (confined to a bed or chair for >22 hours per day, for at least 4 of the past 7 days)
• Planned nursing home admission in 6 months
• Participant in REACH I study

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English, non-Spanish speaking
• Active treatment (chemotherapy, radiation therapy) for cancer
• Imminent placement of care recipient into a nursing home or with another caregiver (within 6 months)
• Involvement in another clinical trial for caregivers
• Participant in REACH I study
• SPMSQ:> or = 4 errors*
• If the caregiver has been inconsistent with answers or repeated answers during the screening process, then the interviewer administers the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). If the caregiver missed 4 or more questions, he/she was excluded from the study.
• Care Recipient Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
• Inclusion Criteria:
• a. NINCDS (MD diagnosis) of dementia or cognitive impairment (raw score on MMSE of 23 or less)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Non-English, non-Spanish speaking
• History of Parkinson's Disease or a stroke with no reported decline in memory over the past year
• Active treatment (chemotherapy, radiation therapy) for cancer
• More than three acute medical hospitalizations in past year (other than psychiatric or Alzheimer's Disease related admission)
• Schizophrenia (onset of delusions before age 45) or other severe mental illness
• Dementia secondary to head trauma (probable)
• Blindness or deafness if either disability prohibits them from completion of data collection or participation in the interventions
• MMSE = 0 and Bedbound (confined to a bed or chair for >22 hours per day, for at least 4 of the past 7 days)
• Planned nursing home admission in 6 months
• Participant in REACH I study

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Stanford University and Veterans Affairs — Menlo Park, California, United States
• University of Miami at Miami, Center on Adult Development and Aging — Miami, Florida, United States
• Thomas Jefferson University at Philadelphia, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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