Fostering Caregiver Connections Via Intentional Technology Pairing for Caregivers of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Types of Dementia-Phase 2
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 发起方
- Mayo Clinic
- 入组人数
- 355
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Scale of Perceived Social Support
研究概览
简要总结
This research is being done to develop a unique matching process for caregivers of persons living with dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal degeneration, or other dementia syndromes. Dementia caregivers often assume greater caregiving burden than do non-dementia caregivers, and the caregiving duration tends to be longer. Many caregivers do not have the adequate support they need. Peer-to-peer support has been shown to improve quality of life, more engagement with services, improve caregiver health, and reduce hospitalizations in the person they are caring for. This study will help determine whether caregivers of persons with dementia would find a technology-based caregiver matching program valuable for the purpose of emotional support.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •The participant must have a family member that has been diagnosed with one of the following forms of dementia: Parkinson's/Lewy body dementia, any frontotemporal lobar degeneration dementia, or Alzheimer's dementia.
- •The participant must identify as a care partner or caregiver who has contact with their loved one with dementia, in person or by phone, and provides social/emotional support and full or partial assistance with daily activities at least 3 days per week.
- •The participant must have been caring for their loved one with dementia for at least 3 months.
- •All participants must have access to a computer and be able to use the internet.
- •All participants must be English speaking.
- •All participants must agree to participate in the 15-month study, which includes completing questionnaires, brief "virtual" interactions with the study coordinator quarterly, and actively interacting with the website and potential matches.
- •All participants must agree to follow-up contact throughout the duration of the study, which is anticipated to last 3 years.
排除标准
- •Caregiver's loved one does not have a confirmed diagnosis of dementia.
- •Caregiver is unable to provide consent.
- •Caregiver was or has been in that role for less than 3 months.
研究组 & 干预措施
Algorithmically Matched
Individuals that identify as a current and/or former caregiver for a person with dementia will be matched to other caregivers using an algorithm that matches a caregiver to another caregiver based on specific preferences each caregiver identifies in a questionnaire.
干预措施: Algorithm (Behavioral)
Randomly Matched
Individuals that identify as a current and/or former caregiver for a person with dementia will be randomly matched to other caregivers not based on the preferences they identified in a questionnaire.
干预措施: Random Match (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Scale of Perceived Social Support
时间窗: 12 months
All participants will complete survey questions regarding perceived level of social support to assess impact on match satisfaction.
Change over time from Baseline Resilience to 12 months
时间窗: Baseline, 12 months
All participants will complete questions surveying resilience to determine whether caregivers randomized to algorithmic matching based on personal preferences will report a greater sense of resiliency after being matched than caregivers who are randomly matched.
Change over time from Baseline Quality of Life to 12 months
时间窗: Baseline, 12 months
All participants will complete questions surveying quality of life to determine whether caregivers randomized to algorithmic matching based on personal preferences will report improved quality of life after being matched than caregivers who are randomly matched.
Match Satisfaction Questionnaire
时间窗: 12 months
All participants will complete a match satisfaction questionnaire to assess whether being matched to a supportive caregiver via an algorithm based on personal preferences results in greater match satisfaction than being matched at random. Questions are scored from 0 to 4 with a possible total of 28. Scores are interpreted such that an overall total of: 0 - 7 = low satisfaction; 8-14 = medium/average satisfaction; 15-28 = high satisfaction
次要结局
- Survey of Executive Skills(12 months)
研究者
Julie A. Fields, Ph.D., L.P.
Principal Investigator
Mayo Clinic