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Caregiver Burden and Depression: Caring for Those Who Care for Others

NCT02690896 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2021-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of support group intervention for primary caregivers of a person with dementia or similar cognitive impairment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Community Support Groups

Comparison group members will come from local community support groups, which typically include components of social support and limited psychoeducation, and are relatively unstructured.

BEHAVIORAL

UCF Caregiver Support Group

The intervention will be a 90 minute group session, once a week, for a period of 6 consecutive weeks. The intervention will teach caregivers specific behavioral techniques for managing care recipients' symptoms in the home environment and encourage caregiver self-care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Central Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel L Paulson, PhD · University of Central Florida

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-24
Primary Completion
2018-08-01
Completion
2020-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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