Telehealth to Reduce Mental Health in Family Caregivers

Description

The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia when provided over telehealth.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue, Grief, Burden, Caregiver

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Study overview

The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia when provided over telehealth.

Utilizing Telehealth to Reduce Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Family Caregivers

Telehealth to Reduce Mental Health in Family Caregivers

Condition
Mental Health Issue
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Lubbock

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79382

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
  • * Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
  • * Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
  • * Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder
  • * Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient)
  • * Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 120 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Texas Tech University,

Jonathan D Singer, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, jonsinge@ttu.edu

Study Record Dates

2028-12-31