In-Home Technology for Caregivers of People With Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Wearables

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Conditions studied: Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease

In brief

This study aims to develop, evaluate, and commercialize an in-home supportive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, or mild cognitive impairment by integrating wearable devices (e.g., Apple Watches).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05159557

Run by

University of California, Berkeley

People needed

63

Starts

2022-08-22

Expected to finish

2024-03-25

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-17

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 in the United States with spouse/family member who has received a medical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other dementia, or mild cognitive impairment
• Caregivers primarily use a smartphone (e.g., iPhone, Android)
• Caregivers have internet and WiFi service

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

Where it is running

• University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, California, United States

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