WeCareAdvisor: A Web-Based Tool to Improve Quality of Life for Military Veterans With Dementia and Their Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 19
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Caregiver Confidence in Managing Problematic Behavior
研究概览
简要总结
This research will test the WeCareAdvisor tool for family caregivers of military veterans with dementia to help caregivers assess, manage and track behavioral symptoms and their contributing factors (e.g., pain, sleep disturbance), and that provides tailored strategies for in-home, medication-free behavior management. 60 caregiver-person with dementia dyads will be recruited (30 Treatment Group, 30 Wait-List Control Group).
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
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Eligible caregivers must:
- •Be the primary caregiver of a military veteran with dementia for at least 6 months and planning to remain the primary caregiver for the next 2 months
- •Currently living with the person they are caring for (care recipient)
- •Comfortable utilizing technology (e.g. computers, tablets, the internet)
- •Have access to the internet and a computer or tablet device
- •Plans to live in the area for the duration of the study
- •Care recipients (military veteran living with dementia) must:
- •Exhibit at least one or more behavioral symptoms (any behavior at any frequency)
- •Receiving psychotropic medication or cognitive enhancers will not exclude the care recipient.
- •Have a clinical diagnosis of dementia (any type) per caregiver report.
- •Be a military veteran.
排除标准
- •Inability to read, speak or understand English
- •Lack of regular access to a telephone, internet, technology (tablet or computer)
- •Caregiver is unable to use a computer or tablet
- •Person with dementia is not a military veteran
研究组 & 干预措施
WeCareAdvisor
immediate use of the WeCareAdvisor tool for a 1 month period
干预措施: WeCareAdvisor (Behavioral)
WeCareAdvisor after 1 month
after a wait period of 1 month, use of the WeCareAdvisor tool for a 1 month period
干预措施: WeCareAdvisor (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Caregiver Confidence in Managing Problematic Behavior
时间窗: Baseline to 2 months
As measured by a study specific questionnaire completed by caregivers. Confidence in managing problematic behavior is measured on a scale of 0 to 10, where a score of 0 means not confident and 10 means extremely confident
Change in Caregiver Upset
时间窗: Baseline to 2 months
As measured by a study specific questionnaire completed by caregivers. Upset is measured on a scale of 0 to 5 where 0 is equivalent to no upset and 5 is equivalent to extreme upset (midpoint is equivalent to fairly upset).
Change in Caregiver Stress
时间窗: Baseline to 2 months
As measured by a study specific questionnaire completed by caregivers. Stress is measured on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is equivalent to no stress and 5 is equivalent to extreme stress.
次要结局
- Change in Caregiver Communication(Baseline to 2 months)
研究者
Frederic C. Blow
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Michigan