Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)

Description

This study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the novel Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D) intervention for couples following dementia diagnoses. The primary target is emotional distress, and the program aims to prevent chronic distress in at-risk couples.

Conditions

Dementia

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Study overview

This study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the novel Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D) intervention for couples following dementia diagnoses. The primary target is emotional distress, and the program aims to prevent chronic distress in at-risk couples.

Resilient Together for Dementia: a Live Video Resiliency Dyadic Intervention for Persons with Dementia and Their Care-partners Early After Diagnosis

Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)

Condition
Dementia
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States, 10029

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

  • * Recent (\~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis,
  • * ADRD symptom onset after age 65
  • * Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0
  • * Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment
  • * English speaking adults (18 years or older)
  • * Dyad lives together
  • * At least one partner endorses clinically significant emotional distress during screening (\>7 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale subscales or \<5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale)
  • * Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team
  • * Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness
  • * Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,

Sarah Bannon, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Study Record Dates

2027-06-30