Status:
COMPLETED
Telephone-delivered Mindfulness Intervention for African American Dementia Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Alzheimer Dementia
Caregiver
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is assesses the feasibility and acceptability of telephone-delivered mindfulness training designed to alleviate caregiver burden for African-American rural caregivers of individuals with mo...
Detailed Description
Mindfulness interventions can decrease caregiver burden and improve coping skills, including decreased emotion-based coping, increased tolerance for uncertainty, improved psychological well-being and ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The candidate is at least 18 years old;
- The candidate self-identifies as Black or African American;
- The candidate provides at least 4 hours of care per day to the care recipient, who must have either a diagnosis of dementia OR have a score of at least 2 or higher on the Alzheimer's Disease Screening tool (AD-8) or a score of 8 or higher on the Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer's disease (FAST) scale (indicative of moderate - severe dementia);
- The candidate is able to identify and recruit an additional informal caregiver (care partner) to participate in the study. The care partner must consider themselves as part of the caregiving team that helps to make decisions about the care of the care recipient. The care partner may be a blood relative or close friend, but not a formal caregiver. The care partner need not live in the same geographic area.
- Both the candidate primary caregiver and care partner must have access to a telephone and express a willingness to participate in the pre- and post-participation assessments, the intervention calls, and the intervention retreat.
Exclusion
- The candidate is too unwell to participate; e.g., with an active diagnosis of cancer or more than 3 hospitalizations in the past year;
- The primary caregiver is unable to identify and recruit a care partner willing to commit to the study requirements;
- The care recipient does not meet the criteria for dementia.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 15 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 6 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
57 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04058886
Start Date
November 15 2019
End Date
July 6 2022
Last Update
July 19 2023
Active Locations (1)
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UNC Program on Integrative Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7200