In-Home Technology for Dementia Caregivers
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia
In brief
This study aims to develop and evaluate in-home assistive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03828383
- Run by
- University of California, Berkeley
- People needed
- 78
- Starts
- 2019-02-26
- Expected to finish
- 2020-11-27
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-05-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Caregivers are fluent/literate in English
- Caregivers currently reside with spouse/family member with dementia
- Caregivers primarily use an iPhone
- Caregiver has wireless internet in home
You may not qualify if…
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with known non-neurodegenerative conditions affecting behavior and cognition
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with longstanding Axis I psychiatric disorder
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with metabolic disorder or major organ dysfunction
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with alcohol abuse or dependence (within 5 years of dementia onset)
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with head trauma with loss of consciousness greater than 30 minutes
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with contraindications to MRI imaging
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with large confluent white matter lesions
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with significant systemic medical illness
- Caregivers providing care for individuals who use a medication likely to affect central nervous system functions adversely
- If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas (Clark County), Orange County, Los Angeles County, or Oregon, you may complete the following screening questionnaire to determine your eligibility for participation: https://bit.ly/UCBDC Upon completion of the screening questionnaire, the UC Berkeley research team will follow up soon after by email or phone to confirm your eligibility status.
Where it is running
- University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, California, United States
- Los Angeles County — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Orange County — Orange, California, United States
- Clark County — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Oregon — Bend, Oregon, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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