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Stress Reduction Study for Partners of Early Stage Dementia

NCT03691428 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2024-02-15

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Summary

This is a study designed to pilot a WOOP (Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan) intervention for spouses of persons with early stage dementia for the purposes of future research. The investigators will be using two cohorts. One who will get the intervention and the other who will be wait listed and receive the intervention at a later date. Spouses of persons with dementia will use WOOP, a brief goal attainment sequence, every day for 16 days. Participants will complete surveys before the intervention, at Day 16, and at a 3-month follow-up. The outcome measures are goal attainment, emotion regulation skills, psychological health, and support quality. As of 9/2020 this entire study is being conducted remotely.

Conditions

  • Dementia Caregiving

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan

1\. Wish or goal: A wish (e.g. "responding calmly when the partner asks a question repeatedly"). 2. Outcome: The most positive outcome of realizing the wish or goal (e.g. "both partners feel respected and happy"). Then the participant vividly imagines the outcome. 3. Obstacle: The most critical internal, controllable, obstacle (e.g., "feeling impatient"). Then the participant vividly imagines the internal obstacle occurring. 4. Plan: The participant answers the following question: What action can I take or what thought can I think to overcome the obstacle (e.g., "take a deep breath, take my partner's perspective, and answer the question calmly"); then he or she forms an "if" \[specified obstacle - when I feel impatient\], "then I will" \[specified action or thought to overcome obstacle - take a deep breath, take my partner's perspective, and answer the question calmly\] plan.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-30
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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