Distance Savvy: Testing Tele-Savvy, a Distance Dementia Family Caregiver Education Program

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title: Distance Savvy: Testing Tele-Savvy, a Distance Dementia Family Caregiver Education Program

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to refine and test the web-based delivery of a well-established in-person group program that provides information and education to informal caregivers (family and friends) of persons with Alzheimer's disease (or related illnesses).

Clinical Trial Description

The pilot project proposed will allow the investigators to use telehealth methods to deliver the Savvy Caregiver, an evidence-based dementia caregiver psychoeducation program, to family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementing illnesses (PWD) for whom attending in-person meetings poses difficulties. The program - named Tele-Savvy - uses iPad and PC technology and on-line conferencing capacity to deliver the program through daily asynchronous self-learning modules and weekly, hour-long synchronous group meetings with program facilitators. Tele-Savvy addresses all of the learning objectives of the current in-person Savvy program (Savvy entails in-person participation in six weekly two-hour group sessions). ;

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alzheimer Disease
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia
• Depression

• NCT number: NCT02300584
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Emory University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2014
• Completion date: October 2015