Developing and Testing the Enhancing Active Caregiver Training (EnACT) Intervention for Dementia Family Caregivers

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Conditions studied: Dementia, Familial

In brief

Persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) experience behavioral symptoms such as agitation, combativeness, depression, and apathy. These behaviors increase caregiver stress, which leads to negative outcomes, such as poor health, depression, and increased caregiver burden. This project seeks to develop and test an intervention to enhance active caregiver skill training to prepare caregivers to better manage behavioral symptoms in order to improve ADRD caregiver wellbeing. This intervention is called Enhancing Active Caregiver Training (EnACT). The study team will develop and conduct initial testing of EnACT techniques in a small group intervention with family caregivers of persons living with dementia. This intervention will first develop and refine EnACT through small group meetings with ADRD caregivers. Next, EnACT will be tested by two groups of ADRD caregivers in order to assess how achievable and useful caregivers find it to be. In addition, EnACT will be evaluated for its impact on caregiver preparation, stress process, and well-being.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04920006

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

30

Starts

2023-07-13

Expected to finish

2024-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-20

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• providing primary, informal, support to family members with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (ADRD).
• 18 and older
• ability to read and speak English.

You may not qualify if…

• Formal caregivers
• Persons under the age of 18
• individuals who have English fluency ratings of none or poor

Where it is running

• University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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