Connecting Through Caregiving: Reappraising Intergeneration Relationships

NCT03030027 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: AFC2016
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of perspective-taking reappraisals on the well-being of adult-child dementia caregivers.

Conditions

Dementia

Keywords

Intergeneration; Reappraisal; Caregiving

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Life Satisfaction (LS): scale

  Each response was rated from to 7 on each of the 5 items of the scale with higher score indicating higher level of life satisfaction

  Change from Baseline LS through study completion, an average of 2 months

• Change in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depressive Scale (CESD)

  Each response was rated from 0 to 3 on a scale of the frequency of the occurrence of the symptom in the past week. Higher scores would suggest a higher

  Change from Baseline CESD through study completion, an average of 2 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI)

  Change from Baseline ZBI through study completion, an average of 2 months

Study Arms (2)

Connecting Through Caregiving

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm focuses on perspective-taking reappraisal procedures.

Behavioral: Connecting Through Caregiving

Basic Skills Building

OTHER

This arm focuses on skill building.

Other: Basic Skills Building

Interventions

Connecting Through Caregiving BEHAVIORAL

The Connecting Through Caregiving intervention focuses on reappraisal exercises on intergeneration relationships in caregiving, involving the following: 1) enhancing self-awareness of the caregiver, 2) developing interpersonal empathy for the care-recipient, 3) help-seeking in caregiving, 4) balancing self-care and caring and 5) negotiating action plans.

Connecting Through Caregiving

Basic Skills Building OTHER

Skill building involves: 1) monitoring activities, 2) pleasant event scheduling, 3) communicating with the care recipient, 4) communicating with family members and 5) review implementation

Basic Skills Building

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• The study participants will be primary caregivers aged 18 or older and who have been caring for persons (aged 60 or above) with a physician diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in the mild to moderate range as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale.
• Primary caregivers are those who have been providing unpaid care for more than 14 hours a week for at least the past three months.
• The care should involve day-to-day decision-making as well as any of the following: feeding, dressing, bathing, toileting, housework, preparing meals, medication and handling finances.
• They can be daughter/son or daughter-/son-in-law of the care recipients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Institute of Active Ageing

Kowloon, Hong Kong

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Alma Au, {PhD

  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Joey Chan, Master

CONTACT

852-2766-5504; joey.cyc.chan@polyu.edu.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 8, 2017
• First Posted: January 24, 2017
• Study Start: January 9, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: April 16, 2019

Record last verified: 2017-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)