Powerful Tools for Caregivers of Dementia Patients

Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trial

— PTC-dementia  

Official title:

Optimization of "Powerful Tools for Caregivers" of Dementia Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02697721
• Other study ID #: 6AZ09
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2016
• Est. completion date: February 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Florida State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if a psycho-educational intervention for caregivers of patients with dementia will decrease caregiver burden, increase caregiver physical activity, and decrease the reporting of behavioral and psychological symptoms of the person with dementia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: February 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Caregiver lives with or provides care for the care recipient for an average of at least 4 hours per day.

• Care for an individual with a physician diagnosis of dementia (mild to moderate stage of dementia).

• Care for a care recipient who experiences behavioral symptoms that bother or upset the caregiver moderately, very much, or extremely. The occurrence of problematic behaviors and caregivers' reactions will be assessed with 6-items adapted from the Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist (Teri et al 1992).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Care for a care recipient who is bed-bound or has advanced dementia: Functional Assessment Staging (FAST)(Sclan & Reisberg 1992) stage 7.

• Caregiver's cognitive, hearing, visual, or other physical impairments lead to difficulty with informed consent process, assessment, or participation in the intervention.

• Caregiver who is involved in another trial that addresses caregiver burden or behavioral expressions.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alzheimer Disease
• Caregivers
• Dementia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a 6-week psychoeducational program. Each week the caregivers will attend a 90-minute workshop in a group setting. These sessions will be co-led by two trained and certified leaders who follow the scripted program. In addition to providing education about caregiving and the importance of self-care, the classes will help caregivers develop self-care tools to manage personal stress and improve communication skills.

Other:
• Control with delayed intervention
Control with delayed intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Florida State University College of Medicine	Tallahassee	Florida

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Florida State University	Florida Department of Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Terracciano A, Artese A, Yeh J, Edgerton L, Granville L, Aschwanden D, Luchetti M, Glueckauf RL, Stephan Y, Sutin AR, Katz P. Effectiveness of Powerful Tools for Caregivers on Caregiver Burden and on Care Recipient Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Caregiver Burden	Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale scores	6 weeks
Primary	Frequency and reaction to care recipient behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia	Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist scores	6 weeks
Primary	Frequency of care recipient agitated behaviors	Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory scores	6 weeks
Secondary	Activity parameters as assessed by FitBit		6 weeks
Secondary	Depressive symptoms	Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale scores	6 weeks
Secondary	Caregiving Self-Efficacy	Caregiving Self-Efficacy Scale scores	6 weeks
Secondary	Self-rated health	Single item "In general, would you say your health is...." with response options from 1= poor to 5=excellent.	6 weeks
Secondary	Life satisfaction	Single item "I am satisfied with my life" with response options from 0=Strongly disagree to 4=Strongly agree	6 weeks
Secondary	Perceived change	Perceived Change Index score	6 weeks
Secondary	Neuropsychiatric symptoms in care recipients	Neuropsychiatric Inventory score	6 weeks