Reducing Suicide Risk Among Aging Caregivers of Persons With AD/ADRD

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Suicide, Depression, Caregiver Burden, Physical Health, Inflammation

In brief

This project aims to adapt, implement, and evaluate a Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training group intervention for aging adult family caregivers of person with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) to reduce suicidality. By adapting this modality, the investigators will provide a scalable intervention tailored for this high-risk population, maximizing the public health impact and improving suicide prevention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06055322

Run by

Texas Tech University

People needed

9

Starts

2025-01-07

Expected to finish

2026-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-14

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• being age 50 and over (as most informal caregivers of persons with AD/ADRD are 50 or older; AARP, 2020; Chi et al., 2019)
• being the primary informal caregiver
• living with an AD/ADRD-diagnosed patient
• being willing to be prodded for bloodspots
• demonstrating English-fluency
• endorsing a direct or indirect SI/suicide risk
• Eligible individuals will score above clinical cutoffs for SI/suicide risk on at least 1 of 3 measures: the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-R (SBQ-R; score > 6; Osman et al., 2002), Interpersonal Needs Question-naire (INQ; thwarted belonging score > 35; and perceived burden > 17; Mitchell et al., 2020) or the Geriatric De-pression Scale (GDS; score > 5 Heisel et al., 2005).

You may not qualify if…

• Participants with neurocognitive impairment will be excluded (a Mini-Mental State Exam score ≤ 23; Folstein et al., 1975; Kochhann et al., 2010)

Where it is running

• Garrison Institute on Aging — Lubbock, Texas, United States

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