Status:
COMPLETED
In-Home Technology for Dementia Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Berkeley
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of California, San Francisco
People Power Company
Conditions:
Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study aims to develop and evaluate in-home assistive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's di...
Detailed Description
This study aims to develop, refine, and evaluate a hardware/software system designed to integrate in-home sensors and devices, social connection, and Internet-of-Things (i.e., devices that can be cont...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Caregivers are fluent/literate in English
- Caregivers currently reside with spouse/family member with dementia
- Caregivers primarily use an iPhone
- Caregiver has wireless internet in home
Exclusion
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with known non-neurodegenerative conditions affecting behavior and cognition
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with longstanding Axis I psychiatric disorder
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with metabolic disorder or major organ dysfunction
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with alcohol abuse or dependence (within 5 years of dementia onset)
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with head trauma with loss of consciousness greater than 30 minutes
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with contraindications to MRI imaging
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with large confluent white matter lesions
- Caregivers providing care for individuals with significant systemic medical illness
- Caregivers providing care for individuals who use a medication likely to affect central nervous system functions adversely
- If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas (Clark County), Orange County, Los Angeles County, or Oregon, you may complete the following screening questionnaire to determine your eligibility for participation: https://bit.ly/UCBDC Upon completion of the screening questionnaire, the UC Berkeley research team will follow up soon after by email or phone to confirm your eligibility status.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 26 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 27 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
78 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03828383
Start Date
February 26 2019
End Date
November 27 2020
Last Update
May 10 2022
Active Locations (5)
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1
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States, 94720
2
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90011
3
Orange County
Orange, California, United States, 92856
4
Clark County
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89108