Status:
COMPLETED
Project TAP: Tailored Activities Project
Lead Sponsor:
Thomas Jefferson University
Conditions:
Alzheimer's Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Specific Aims 1. Establish a preliminary effect size for the impact of the intervention on depressive affect and agitated behaviors in persons with dementia in 4 months 2. Evaluate acceptance of and ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Care Recipient
- English Speaking
- NINCDS-ADRDA diagnosis\[physician generated of dementia or mini-mental state examination score of less than or equal to 23;3\] Able to feel self; and participates in at least 2 other activities of daily living\[ADLs-Bathing, Dressing, Grooming, Toileting, Transferring from bed to chair\] As reported by caregiver.
- Caregiver
- English Speaking
- Family member 21 years of age or older \[male or female\]
- Lives with Care Recipient
- Has telephone in the home
- Plans to live in area for 8 months
- Indicated willingness to learn new approaches by which to engage care recipient in meaningful activities
- Provides 4 or more hours a day directly caring or providing for care recipient
Exclusion
- Care Recipient
- Has Schizophrenia or Bi-Polar Disorder
- Their Dementia is secondary to probable head trauma
- Their MMSE score is equal to zero and they are bed bound, defined as confinement to bed or chair for at least 22 hours a day for at least 4 of 7 days
- They are not responsive to their environment
- Caregiver
- Are currently involved in another clinical trial of psycho-social or educational interventions for caregivers
- Are planning to place their family member in a nursing home within the next 8 months. Also, the care recipient/caregiver dyad will be excluded if either caregiver or care recipient: 1) has a terminal illness with life expectancy less than 8 months 2)is in active treatment for cancer or 3) has had greater than 3 acute medical hospitalizations within the past year.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
January 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00259467
Start Date
February 1 2004
End Date
January 1 2007
Last Update
August 25 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107