Supporting Care Partners' Well-Being With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Caregivers

• Registration Number: NCT07145723
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

This study is being completed to test an AI therapy chatbot application called Earkick to see whether it is feasible and acceptable in supporting care partners who support individuals living with dementia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-08
• Study First Submitted: 2025-08-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-08-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-08-20
• Study First Posted: 2025-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-28
• Study Start: 2025-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2026-08-31
• Study Completion: 2026-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants need to be a care partner (informal caregiver) of an individual living with dementia
• Participant provides emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to the individual with dementia (per protocol)
• Participants indicate high levels of caregiver burden, confirmed using the 12-item Zarit Burden questionnaire (per protocol)
• Provide informed consent and read, speak, and understand English
• Have an Apple smartphone, tablet, or laptop, have access to the internet and text messages, and be willing to use this device as well as internet and text message access for the study, including downloading the AI chatbot app
• Be willing to complete all study assessments

Exclusion Criteria

• Professional, paid caregivers
• Anything that would preclude safe or meaningful participation in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility and Acceptability as measured by the Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire	4 weeks and 8 weeks (post intervention)	Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire (items are scaled from 1 to 5 to indicate level of agreement, where "1" indicates "strong disagreement" and "5" indicates "strong agreement").

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attrition as measured by the percent of participants completing the study	8 weeks
Adherence as measured by the percentage of missing data over the course of the study	8 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States