CommunityRx-Dementia

NCT04146545 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: IRB20-03011R01AG064949-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 360
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Caregivers of home-dwelling people with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD) are one of the most rapidly growing populations in the United States. Among ADRD caregivers with unmet health-related social needs, this study aims to evaluate the effects of the CRx-D intervention versus usual care on caregiver self-efficacy.

Conditions

Health Related Social Needs (HRSN)

Keywords

caregivers; dementia; information-sharing; Alzheimer's Disease; caregiving; community resources

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Caregiver Self-efficacy at 12 Months Among Caregivers With Unmet Health Related Social Needs

  Self-efficacy is measured with a 4-item sub-domain from the 2015 Caregiver Dementia Care and Self-Efficacy Survey (Jennings et al). Responses to each of the items are scored between 1 = "strongly disagree" to 5 = "strongly agree" and will generate an average score. Higher values = greater self-efficacy

  12 months

• Satisfaction With Care

  Satisfaction will be assessed using the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire 18-item short form (PSQ-18), specifically the general satisfaction sub-scale (2 questions). Five possible response options for each of the two items are scored 1 to 5; with a higher score equating to higher satisfaction. Scores will be transformed using the formula: y= 100 \* (x-a)/(b-a) where y=the transformed score, x=the original score, a=the minimum possible score and b=the maximum possible score. Transformed items will be averaged to generate the composite score (range 0-100; higher scores indicating greater satisfaction).

  7 days

Study Arms (2)

Cases

EXPERIMENTAL

Community Rx-Dementia "CRxD" Caregiver Resources

Behavioral: Community Rx-Dementia "CRxD" Caregiver Resources

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Usual Standard Care

Interventions

Community Rx-Dementia "CRxD" Caregiver Resources BEHAVIORAL

A tailored list of resources addressing health-related social needs (HRSN) for caregivers and access to an online community resource finder.

Also known as: CRx-D

Cases

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Resides in the target geographic region of the study (living in 1 of the 35 target zip codes)
• Self-identifies as a caregiver of a home-dwelling person with Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia using an adaptation of the BRFSS caregiver module
• Has access to a cell phone and provides the research interviewer with the cell phone number
• Agrees to receive text messages from the study
• Has a personal email address.
• Self-report their gender identity to be male or trans male/trans man (only for additional 50 caregivers enrolled in the 3-month RCT)

You may not qualify if:

• Past enrollment in the CommunityRx-C study
• Recollection of previous receipt of a HealtheRx

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Chicago: lead
• National Institute on Aging (NIA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Abramsohn EM, De Ornelas M, Borson S, Frazier CRM, Fuller CM, Grana M, Huang ES, Jagai JS, Makelarski JA, Miller D, Schulman-Green D, Shiu E, Thompson K, Winslow V, Wroblewski K, Lindau ST. CommunityRx, a social care assistance intervention for family and friend caregivers delivered at the point of care: two concurrent blinded randomized controlled trials. Trials. 2023 Oct 21;24(1):681. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07697-z.

  PMID: 37864258 DERIVED

• Abramsohn EM, De Ornelas M, Borson S, Frazier CR, Fuller CM, Grana M, Huang ES, Jagai JS, Makelarski JA, Miller D, Schulman-Green D, Shiu E, Thompson K, Winslow V, Wroblewski K, Lindau ST. Two concurrent randomized controlled trials of CommunityRx, a social care intervention for family and friend caregivers delivered at the point of care. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Mar 1:rs.3.rs-2464681. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2464681/v1.

  PMID: 36909590 DERIVED

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

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Emily Abramsohn
• Organization: University of Chicago

eabramsohn@bsd.uchicago.edu

7738344832

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Cases will receive the CRx-D Intervention. Controls will not receive the intervention but will receive the usual standard of care.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2019
• First Posted: October 31, 2019
• Study Start: December 16, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 19, 2024
• Study Completion: March 19, 2024
• Last Updated: April 3, 2025
• Results First Posted: April 3, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

US (1)