Translating a Dementia Caregiver Intervention Into a Mobile Application

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Caregiver Burnout

In brief

The overall goal of this development project is to combine elements of two efficacious interventions into a mobile health (mHealth) App for informal dementia caregivers. The investigators will conduct a 3-month feasibility trial of the newly-developed CARE-Well App in 40 dementia caregivers to establish acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, study procedures, and outcome measures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04330482

Run by

Rhode Island Hospital

People needed

40

Starts

2020-01-13

Expected to finish

2022-05-30

Last updated by the study team

2023-09-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adequate English-speaking and reading skills
• Provide at least 4 hours of supervision per day for the care recipient (either directly or by telephone)
• Live in the community (either with the care recipient or without)
• Have provided supervision/ assistance for at least 6 months prior to study enrollment and have no plans to place care recipient in long term care or to end their role as caregiver within 6 months of study enrollment.
• Report some degree of distress associated with caregiving
• Access to Wifi at home

You may not qualify if…

• Major acute medical illness
• Severe mental illness (e.g. bipolar, schizophrenia)
• Diagnosed cognitive impairment

Where it is running

• University of Rhode Island — Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
• Rhode Island Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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