Self-Management Intervention: Considering Needs & Preferences of Dementia Caregivers (Caregiver Career Study)
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Stress, Carer Stress Syndrome, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Bereavement
In brief
How do varying levels of participation in selecting self-management interventions (ranging from no input into the selection to selection based on need or preference) affect health risks and physical and mental health over time in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's and other dementia disorders? Caregivers will be randomized to 1) information on diversional activities (attention control); 2) self-management intervention based on need (SM-need); or 3) self-management intervention of their preference (SM-preference).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04603482
- Run by
- Case Western Reserve University
- People needed
- 328
- Starts
- 2021-01-08
- Expected to finish
- 2024-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-05-13
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- At least 18 years old
- Have a living family member or a recently deceased family member diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia
- Identify self as a primary caregiver
- In-home Caregivers: must be currently providing a minimum of 4 hours per day of supervision/direct care, and have entered that role within the past twelve months; Care Partners whose family member moved into a nursing or assisted living facility within the past twelve months, and must report visiting their care recipient at least once per week; Caretakers (i.e. bereaved) whose family member is deceased within the past twelve months, and are persons with direct oversight of the deceased person's belongings, estate, finances, etc.
- Be capable of performing informed consent and participating in study procedures
You may not qualify if…
- Does not have a family member with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia
- Has not cared for a living family member with dementia within the last 12 months, or the family member has been deceased for more than 12 months
- Has knowledge of another family member in the same household enrolled in the study
- Currently pregnant
- Has a pacemaker
- Lives outside of the study area
Where it is running
- CWRU School of Nursing — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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