Effect of Cognitive Empathy Training on Dementia Caregivers
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Conditions studied: Caregivers of People Living With Dementia, Dementia
In brief
The goal of this project is to investigate the effect of cognitive empathy training on mental health, inflammation, and immune function in caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD), and to examine the underlying psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. The primary aim is to establish the effectiveness of cognitive empathy training in improving caregiver mental health and immune function, and in decreasing caregiver inflammation The secondary aim is to investigate the psychological and neurobiological mechanism by which cognitive empathy training improves caregiver well-being
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06650527
- Run by
- Emory University
- People needed
- 118
- Starts
- 2025-02-13
- Expected to finish
- 2028-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-08-17
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Caregivers must live with their care recipient
- Caregivers must have a Zarit Burden Scale score of 19 or higher
- Caregivers must have no plans to move their care recipient to an institutional setting within the next year
- Caregivers must be able to read and write English
- Care recipient not in hospice
- Access to a mobile phone that can take and email photographs
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects with a history of seizures or other neurological disorders, alcoholism, or any other substance abuse
- Subjects with a history of psychiatric illness (excluding depression and anxiety disorders) will also be excluded
- Subjects with a history of head trauma based on Survey
- Subjects with MRI contra-indications
Where it is running
- Alter — Atlanta, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
- Emory Integrated Memory Care — Atlanta, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
- NIA Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center — Atlanta, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
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