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2024-10-26 @ 9:26 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT00362284
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2022-02-11
First Post:
2006-08-08
Brief Title:
Comprehensive Support for Alzheimers Disease Caregivers
Sponsor:
University of Minnesota
Organization:
University of Minnesota
Study Overview
Official Title:
Expanded Counseling and Support for Adult Children Caring for Parents With Alzheimers Disease or Similar Disorders
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2022-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a comprehensive counseling and support intervention for people who care for parents with Alzheimers disease AD or other dementias on outcomes such as stress depression and ability to postpone or avoid nursing home placement
Detailed Description:
Although a range of studies have examined the stress and depression of family caregivers of persons suffering from dementia the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to assist caregiving families and their disabled elderly relatives is uncertain The comprehensive support protocol to be implemented the Enhanced Counseling and Support ECS program has been successfully implemented at the Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center of New York University School of Medicine NYU-ADRC over the past 19 years However the initial evaluation of the ECS was limited to a single geographic area New York City proper and a specific type of dementia caregiver spouses
The specific aims of this 4-year project are as follows 1 Examine whether the ECS can achieve positive outcomes for adult child caregivers Few psychosocial interventions are directed specifically at adult child caregivers and evaluating the ECS in adult child caregiving situations which few studies have done will further demonstrate the effectiveness of this program and add considerably to the AD caregiver intervention literature and 2 Determine if the ECS an intervention of proven efficacy for AD caregivers in a northern US urban community New York City will also be effective in alleviating negative outcomes among AD caregivers at a Midwestern project site The study will ascertain whether the comprehensive support program developed at NYU is generalizable to caregivers from areas other than the New York City area and leads to similar benefits that are maintained over long periods of time ie up to 35 years
In order to accomplish the specific aims of the project the following study hypotheses have been proposed
1 Adult child caregivers in the treatment conditions of the University of Minnesota UM and NYU-ADRC will report similar decreases on measures of stress when compared to usual-contact controls
2 Adult child caregivers in the intervention conditions at both sites will develop improved social support resources and experience significantly greater decreases of family conflict in a similar manner
3 Adult child caregivers in the treatment conditions at UM and NYU-ADRC will report similar decreases on global measures of psychological distress such as depression Similarly treatment caregivers will report greater increases in subjective health than their counterparts in the usual-contact control and
4 Membership in the treatment condition of the ECS and its benefits eg increased social support decreased stress will lead to delayed institutionalization eg nursing home placement of care recipients at the UM and NYU-ADC sites
The specific aims of this 4-year project are as follows 1 Examine whether the ECS can achieve positive outcomes for adult child caregivers Few psychosocial interventions are directed specifically at adult child caregivers and evaluating the ECS in adult child caregiving situations which few studies have done will further demonstrate the effectiveness of this program and add considerably to the AD caregiver intervention literature and 2 Determine if the ECS an intervention of proven efficacy for AD caregivers in a northern US urban community New York City will also be effective in alleviating negative outcomes among AD caregivers at a Midwestern project site The study will ascertain whether the comprehensive support program developed at NYU is generalizable to caregivers from areas other than the New York City area and leads to similar benefits that are maintained over long periods of time ie up to 35 years
In order to accomplish the specific aims of the project the following study hypotheses have been proposed
1 Adult child caregivers in the treatment conditions of the University of Minnesota UM and NYU-ADRC will report similar decreases on measures of stress when compared to usual-contact controls
2 Adult child caregivers in the intervention conditions at both sites will develop improved social support resources and experience significantly greater decreases of family conflict in a similar manner
3 Adult child caregivers in the treatment conditions at UM and NYU-ADRC will report similar decreases on global measures of psychological distress such as depression Similarly treatment caregivers will report greater increases in subjective health than their counterparts in the usual-contact control and
4 Membership in the treatment condition of the ECS and its benefits eg increased social support decreased stress will lead to delayed institutionalization eg nursing home placement of care recipients at the UM and NYU-ADC sites
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None
Secondary IDs
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| R01AG022066 | NIH | None | httpsreporternihgovquickSearchR01AG022066 |