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Improving Care Through Improv: Promoting Mastery in the Moment

NCT05996718 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2025-06-11

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Summary

The goals of this clinical trial are to: 1) refine the training program, "Improving Care though Improv;" and 2) test the program for its influence self-perceived caregiving mastery (i.e., how persons assess their ability to provide care) among informal caregivers of persons living with moderate dementia. Forty-three informal caregivers will be involved in testing the training program. These individuals will be assigned to groups of between 8 to12 caregivers and take part in weekly 2-hour sessions held over a 4-week period. These caregivers will be taught improvisational (improv) theater skills, which involves being in the moment, self-awareness, and responsiveness to others. This group also will be asked to answer surveys questions about themselves and the person receiving care at three timepoints and invited to provide feedback on their training experiences.

Conditions

  • Caregiver Burden

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Training program pilot

This intervention for informal caregivers consists of training that will introduce participants to improvisational (improv) theatre and teach its core communication skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Georgia State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Candace L Kemp, PhD · Georgia State Univeristy

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-25
Primary Completion
2024-05-20
Completion
2024-05-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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