Telephone Support for Dementia Caregivers

NCT00735800 | Completed Phase 2 DMC

• 1 other identifier: R01NR010559
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 250
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Caring for a patient with dementia is associated with increased feelings of burden and depression. The proposed study will examine the efficacy of Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking - Dementia (FITT-Dementia), a multi-component, family-based, telephone intervention, as a tool to reduce caregiver stress.

Conditions

Dementia

Keywords

Dementia; Caregivers; Alzheimer's disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Depression, burden, reaction to memory and behavior problems

  Every two months, over a 6 month time-period , and a three month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Cost-effectiveness and resource use

  Monthly resource check-ins.

Study Arms (2)

Supportive Counseling

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Telephone Support

Problem-Solving

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Family Intervention:Telephone Tracking Support- Caregiver

Interventions

Family Intervention:Telephone Tracking Support- Caregiver BEHAVIORAL

Family-based problem solving treatment

Also known as: FITT-C

Problem-Solving

Telephone Support BEHAVIORAL

Supportive telephone counseling about caregiving

Supportive Counseling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \) Diagnosis of dementia;
• \) mild to moderate dementia;
• \) family member or other adult in caregiver role for at least 6 months, and who provides at least 4 hours of supervision or direct assistance per day for the person with dementia;
• \) care recipient lives in the community, including senior/retirement centers, but excluding nursing homes and assisted living centers; and
• \) there is no plan for the care recipient to be placed in long term care or the caregiver to end their role within the next 6 months

You may not qualify if:

• Patient:
• \) other major medical condition affecting independent functioning
• \) older than age 90; and
• \) younger than age 50.
• Caregiver:
• \) major acute medical illness;
• \) English not primary language;
• \) cognitive impairment;
• \) no access to a telephone; or
• \) older than age 90.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rhode Island Hospital: lead
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, 02905, United States

Location

Related Publications (7)

• Bruce JM, McQuiggan M, Williams V, Westervelt H, Tremont G. Burden among spousal and child caregivers of patients with mild cognitive impairment. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008;25(4):385-90. doi: 10.1159/000122587. Epub 2008 Mar 29.

  PMID: 18376128 BACKGROUND

• Davis JD, Tremont G. Impact of frontal systems behavioral functioning in dementia on caregiver burden. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007 Winter;19(1):43-9. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.1.43.

  PMID: 17308226 BACKGROUND

• Epstein-Lubow G, Davis JD, Miller IW, Tremont G. Persisting burden predicts depressive symptoms in dementia caregivers. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2008 Sep;21(3):198-203. doi: 10.1177/0891988708320972.

  PMID: 18838742 BACKGROUND

• Spitznagel MB, Tremont G, Davis JD, Foster SM. Psychosocial predictors of dementia caregiver desire to institutionalize: caregiver, care recipient, and family relationship factors. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2006 Mar;19(1):16-20. doi: 10.1177/0891988705284713.

  PMID: 16449755 BACKGROUND

• Steadman PL, Tremont G, Davis JD. Premorbid relationship satisfaction and caregiver burden in dementia caregivers. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2007 Jun;20(2):115-9. doi: 10.1177/0891988706298624.

  PMID: 17548782 BACKGROUND

• Tremont G, Davis JD, Bishop DS. Unique contribution of family functioning in caregivers of patients with mild to moderate dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2006;21(3):170-4. doi: 10.1159/000090699. Epub 2006 Jan 3.

  PMID: 16397397 BACKGROUND

• Tremont G, Davis JD, Bishop DS, Fortinsky RH. Telephone-Delivered Psychosocial Intervention Reduces Burden in Dementia Caregivers. Dementia (London). 2008;7(4):503-520. doi: 10.1177/1471301208096632.

  PMID: 20228893 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Link to study webpage

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia; Alzheimer Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders; Tauopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases

Study Officials

• Geoffery Tremont, Ph.D

  Rhode Island Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director, Neuropsychology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 14, 2008
• First Posted: August 15, 2008
• Study Start: February 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2013
• Study Completion: May 1, 2013
• Last Updated: May 5, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-05

Locations

US (1)