Telephone Support for Dementia Caregivers

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Dementia

In brief

Caring for a patient with dementia is associated with increased feelings of burden and depression. The proposed study will examine the efficacy of Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking - Dementia (FITT-Dementia), a multi-component, family-based, telephone intervention, as a tool to reduce caregiver stress.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00735800

Run by

Rhode Island Hospital

People needed

250

Starts

2008-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-05

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 1) Diagnosis of dementia;
• 2) mild to moderate dementia;
• 3) family member or other adult in caregiver role for at least 6 months, and who provides at least 4 hours of supervision or direct assistance per day for the person with dementia;
• 4) care recipient lives in the community, including senior/retirement centers, but excluding nursing homes and assisted living centers; and
• 5) there is no plan for the care recipient to be placed in long term care or the caregiver to end their role within the next 6 months

You may not qualify if…

• Patient:
• 1) other major medical condition affecting independent functioning
• 2) older than age 90; and
• 3) younger than age 50.
• Caregiver:
• 1) major acute medical illness;
• 2) English not primary language;
• 3) cognitive impairment;
• 4) no access to a telephone; or
• 5) older than age 90.

Where it is running

• Rhode Island Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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