Status:
COMPLETED
Caregiver Stress: Interventions to Promote Health and Wellbeing
Lead Sponsor:
Emory University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Conditions:
Health Promotion
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
More and more family members are providing care to their loved ones with prolonged and progressive illnesses. Chronic intense caregiving represents a situation of chronic stress, which takes a toll on...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Family caregiver defined as a spouse, partner or other adult family member living in the same house or in contact with a HF patient or dementia patient in a caregiver relationship at least 4 times/week for at least one hour or more.
- willing to participate
- English fluency
- ambulatory and physically able to engage in a structured low impact walking and upper body strength training program.
- self identify as African American for the Alzheimer FCG study
Exclusion
- non sedentary (defined as engaging in \> 30 minutes of moderately strenuous exercise 3 times or more a week)
- medical or physical condition that would preclude participation in the exercise component of the study (e.g., severe arthritis or mobility problems, uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes, renal insufficiency, or a history of angina with activity)
- current psychiatric comorbidity (alcohol or drug abuse/dependence, bipolar or psychotic disorder, suicidal ideation detected on the MINI screening tool)
- current smoker
- cognitive problems (BLESSED screen)
- ischemic changes or inappropriate BP changes on BL exercise (modified Balke) treadmill test
- on corticosteroids
- experiencing an acute inflammation at time of baseline or follow-up testing (this will result in rescheduling of testing if no other exclusion criteria apply)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
354 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01188070
Start Date
January 1 2010
End Date
May 1 2014
Last Update
February 23 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Emory Universtiy
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322