Video-Based Coping Skills Training for Caregivers

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Caregivers

In brief

The purpose of this Phase II SBIR study is a) to complete the adaptation begun in Phase I of the ten skill modules of the Williams LifeSkills Video (WLV) for use by persons who are caregivers for a relative with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or other dementia, b) to script and produce the complete Caregiver LifeSkills Video (CLV) and c) to conduct a randomized clinical trial of the completed CLV to document benefits in terms of reduced psychosocial distress, reduced biomarkers of stress and improved well being.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00396825

Run by

Williams LifeSkills

People needed

116

Starts

2007-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-13

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be a primary caregiver for a relative with Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of a major medical or psychiatric illness that would prevent completion of low risk study procedures

Where it is running

• Williams LifeSkills, Inc. — Durham, North Carolina, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.