Northern Manhattan Caregiver Intervention Project
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Dementia
In brief
Elderly Hispanics have a higher burden of dementia compared to Non-Hispanic Whites. Furthermore, Hispanic caregivers tend to have a higher burden of care for their relatives with dementia. The objective of this project is to conduct a randomized trial in 160 Hispanic relative caregivers of persons with dementia comparing the effectiveness of New York University Caregiver Intervention to a case management intervention lead by community health workers(CHW). This trial will last 6 months. The main outcomes in the trial will be changes in depressive symptoms measured with the Geriatric Depression Scale and caregiver burden measured with the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale. This research project will be conducted by the Northern Manhattan Center of Excellence in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Eliminating Disparities (NOCERED) funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01306695
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 139
- Starts
- 2011-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-06-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be caring for a relative with a clinical diagnosis of dementia and have the primary responsibility for their care. All people with dementia must be living at home with their caregiver when they enroll in the study.
- In each family, the person with dementia or the caregiver has to have at least one relative living in the New York City metropolitan area.
- The caregiver must be emotionally and physically capable of participating. Caregivers with clinical depression or other serious mental illness will be referred.
Where it is running
- Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
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