RECRUITING

Caregiver Stress and Sleep Study

Study Overview

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Description

This study includes a randomized experimental component where therapists will systematically deliver an experimental behavioral probe or a supportive control condition. The aim is to evaluate effects on meaningful health-relevant measures including morning activation levels, depression symptoms, rumination, and aspects brain connectivity previously linked with depression.

Official Title

Caregiver Stress and Sleep Study

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-07-15
Study Completion:2026-12
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05219955

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:60 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Age 60 years or older.
  2. * Provide unpaid care to a co-residing patient with a dementia diagnosis.
  3. * Reporting stress or strain delivering care
  4. * No or stable pharmacotherapy for depression
  5. * Meets screening definition for having morning activation difficulty or a definite morning types per the Composite Morningness Questionnaire (CMQ)
  1. * Unsafe or unable to undergo MRI
  2. * Active Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for mood or insomnia
  3. * Probable dementia diagnosis
  4. * Deadly illness or plans to leave the study area
  5. * Current active substance use disorder

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Sara Albert
CONTACT
412-246-5963
alberts3@upmc.edu

Principal Investigator

Stephen F Smagula, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Pittsburgh

Study Locations (Sites)

UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

  • Stephen F Smagula, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Pittsburgh

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 Date2022-07-15
Study Completion Date2026-12

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-07-15
Study Completion Date2026-12

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Depression
  • Caregiving
  • Late-Life
  • Morningness

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Caregiver Burden