RECRUITING

Dementia Family Caregiver Study

Study Overview

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Description

The proposed study will test a 3-month, community health worker (CHW) delivered home visit, culturally and language-appropriate intervention for ethnic and underserved dementia family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) using wearable technology for real time monitoring of caregivers' stress and sleep. The CHW delivered home visit intervention includes stress reduction techniques by mindful deep breathing and compassionate support/listening and caregiving education to improve caregiver's health, wellbeing, and positive interactions with the PWD. This dementia caregiver study using wearable technology has the potential to significantly lessen health disparities in dementia care, assisting underserved ethnic dementia caregivers in self-management and increasing their quality of life.

Official Title

A Home-based, Culturally and Language Specific Intervention for Dementia Family Caregivers: Stress Reduction and Education With Wearable Technology for Health

Quick Facts

Study Start:2021-05-19
Study Completion:2025-05-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04894006

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * a relative of community dwelling person with dementia (i.e., Alzheimer's Disease or related dementias)
  2. * providing primary care for the person with dementia
  3. * willing to wear monitoring devices (a smartwatch during day time and a smartring during night time for 3 months
  4. * self-reporting ethnicity/race as Korean, Vietnamese, Latino/Hispanic, or non-Hispanic Whites with the following languages spoken in this study: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, or Korean.
  1. * cognitive impairment that precludes an individual from understanding the consent process and completing surveys (for those aged 65 or older as assessed by Mini-Cog)
  2. * chronic drug abuse
  3. * currently active cancer treatment
  4. * need hospice care
  5. * other significant health problems (i.e., having pacemaker, epilepsy or neurologic disorder) that exclude wearing a smartwatch and a smartring

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Jung-Ah Lee, PhD
CONTACT
(949) 824-2855
jungahl@uci.edu

Principal Investigator

Jung-Ah Lee, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Associate Professor

Study Locations (Sites)

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, 92697
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of California, Irvine

  • Jung-Ah Lee, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2021-05-19
Study Completion Date2025-05-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2021-05-19
Study Completion Date2025-05-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Caregiver Burden
  • Caregiver Stress
  • Caregiver Self-Efficacy
  • Caregiver Sleep

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Dementia Caregiver