Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior — CuRB-IT  

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title: Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior and Improve Coping Strategies

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

266 family caregivers will be randomly assigned to either immediate intervention or delayed intervention groups. All caregivers will complete baseline surveys and 3 weeks of daily diaries. The immediate intervention group will receive 12 weeks of CuRB-IT. They will complete 3 rounds of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12 week intervals for the next 33 weeks. The delayed intervention group will receive 12 weeks of attention, complete 1 round of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey, then complete 12 weeks of CuRB-IT, and complete 2 rounds of 3--week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12-week intervals for the next 18 weeks.

Clinical Trial Description

The purposes of the delayed-intervention randomized clinical trial (N=266) are to:

Care-Resistant Behavior Internet Training (CuRB-IT).

1. examine the efficacy of CuRB-IT in increasing the self-efficacy of family caregivers of persons living with dementia to handle care-resistant behaviors (CRB);

2. further test the efficacy of CuRB-IT in improving caregivers coping strategies (a) among the experimental (immediate-intervention group) as compared to the control (delayed-intervention group) (between groups) and (b) within-person from pre- to post- intervention;

3. examine intervention decay at 3- and 6-months post intervention to determine performance of intervention and inform scheduling of booster sessions;

4. assess the efficacy of the CuRB-IT intervention in preventing onset of poor coping strategies by family caregivers;

5. test the hypothesized mechanism of action that increased CRB self-efficacy and use of CuRB-IT problem-focused coping strategies mediate the relationship between CRB stress appraisal and caregiving activities. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Care-resistant Behavior
• Dementia

• NCT number: NCT05098652
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Contact: Rita A Jablonski, PhD
• Phone: 205-975-9019
• Email: rajablon@uab.edu
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2023
• Completion date: September 30, 2027