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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04787068
Support for Caregivers of Older Adults With Cognitive Decline
March 3, 2021 updated by: Machiko R Tomita, State University of New York at Buffalo
Providing Support to Caregivers of Frail Older Adults With Cognitive Impairments
This randomized control study is to test effectiveness of occupational therapy support for informal caregivers of older adults with cognitive decline.
Care recipients are community-living older adults who are eligible for a nursing home level of care.
At baseline challenges that caregivers are facing will be expressed and individualized solutions will be identified and delivered for the treatment and educational material will be given to the control group.
Two and four months later, follow up interview will be made to identify changes in burden, depression, fatigue, self-efficacy, and positive aspect of care giving.
It is expected to show when the effectiveness becomes clear.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Family caregivers of frail older adults with cognitive impairments face special challenges in caring for their care recipients (CR) due to their fast declining health.
Examples of difficulties include managing CR's behaviors and daily activities, as well as maintaining their own psychological and physical health, which result in high caregiver burden.
The aim is to support these caregivers of older adults who are enrollees of the Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) through occupational therapy (OT) interventions to reduce caregiver burden and depression, and increase positive aspects of caregiving and self-efficacy.
Since PACE organizations offer limited support for caregivers due to understanding, supervised OT graduate students (OTGS) will provide caregivers with customized supports.
By doing so, the students will gain precious experience before they enter the workforce.
This proposal will develop and test the effectiveness of this collaborative model.
This study will use a randomized controlled design with about a 4- month intervention period.
The assessments will take place at baseline, 2 months and 4 months.
The study period will be two years.
Participants will be 60 convenience family caregivers of the PACE enrollees in Western New York; therefore, CRs are 55 years old or older, need a nursing home level of care, but remain living in the community.
Caregivers are adults who visit the CR at least once a week.
OTGS will contact the caregivers, using a phone, and conduct an in depth interview to understand their difficulties.
Then solutions will be brainstormed amongst OTs and geriatric specialists, and interventions will be formed.
At the first visit to the CRs' homes, interviews will be conducted using the Zarit Burden Interview, the Center for Epidemiology Study for Depression, the Buffalo Fatigue Scale, the Positive Aspect of Caregiving, and the Visual Analogue Scale for self-efficacy.
The possible solutions will be discussed with caregivers and more detailed difficulties will be videotaped.
The solutions that caregivers are comfortable with will be reviewed by the PACE Rehabilitation Department and need to be approved before their implementation.
The solutions may include: education of disease process, training for caregivers in supporting CR's activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL, coordination of family caregivers, problematic behaviors, functional exercise, fall prevention, and increased number of CR's visits to a PACE daycare facility.
Statistical analysis will use Generalized Estimating Equations to compare the two groups' linear trends.
We expect CRs' condition will deteriorate but the treatment group will reduce caregiver burden and increase self-efficacy.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
35
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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New York
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Buffalo, New York, United States, 14214
- State University of New York
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
• Caregivers of community-dwelling older adults (55 and over) who are member of the PACE
- Adult 21 years or older
- Living with the care recipient or within a distance so that they can visit him/her minimum once a week
- Cognitively intact (can recall three words immediately and 3 minutes later)
- Competent in English
Exclusion Criteria:
- One instrument (Positive aspect of caregiving) is only available in English. To fully understand caregivers' challenges and convey solutions, our current study OT graduate students are not competent enough in other languages to provide interventions. We do not have budget to hire interpreters.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment group
Intervention is occupational therapy support
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Intervention include (a) didactic education about diseases; (b) the use of errorless techniques to improve assistance for CR's Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental ADL, and communication tasks; (c) the use of incentives (e.g., providing a favorite scented shampoo); (e) use of a schedule/calendar on a computer, cell phone and/or blackboard in CR's home to coordinate caregiving tasks for family members; (f) suggesting more frequent PACE daycare visits or use of a nearby PACE, having a snack or short game to prevent going to bed right after dinner); (d) use of the Buffalo Functional Exercise for strengthening ( a home-based exercise developed for PACE by the PI and shown to be effective in preventing falls)
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No Intervention: Control group
No intervention was provided, only educational material was given.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in caregiver burden measured by the Zarit Burden Interview
Time Frame: 4 months
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To measure changes in burden of care using the 22-item Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).
Each item is rated from Never (0), Rarely (1), Sometimes (2), Quite Frequently (3), to Nearly Always (4).
Higher scores indicate higher burden.
The ZBI is scored by adding up the responses of all items, ranging from 0 to 88.
The interpretations of scores are: 0-20 (no burden), 21-40 (mild to moderate burden), 41-60 (moderate to severe burden), and 61-88 (severe burden).
The ZBI has good internal consistency reliability and good validity, and scores were significantly positively correlated with behavior problems in the care recipients and depression scores of the caregivers, according to the study using caregivers (Herbert et al, 2000).
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4 months
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Change in depression change measured by the Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression
Time Frame: 4 months
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To measure changes in depression using the Center for Epidemiology Studies -Depression (CES-D).
This scale asks how often a respondent experienced symptoms associated with depression within the past week.
The scale is scored from 0 to 3, with 0 representing rarely or none of the time (less than one day), 1 representing some or a little of the time (1 to 2 days), 2 representing occasionally or a moderate amount of time (3 to 4 days), or 3 representing most or all of the time (5 to 7 days).
Total scores could range from 0 (the lowest depression score) to 60 (the highest).
A score of 16 or higher indicates a depressive symptom.
The CES-D has high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha =.90) (Cosco et al., 2017), and moderate test-retest reliability (the strongest occurring whiten one to three weeks of time), as well as good measurement validity (Gonzalez et al, 2016).
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4 months
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Change in confidence to continue caring for the care recipient in the future (6 months)
Time Frame: 4 months
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To measure changes in confidence to confine caring for the care recipient using Visual Analogue Scale.
It asks caregivers to rate their confidence on a scale of 1 to 10 on Visual Analogue Scale.
This assessment asked the caregivers to rate themselves regarding their confidence in in caring for the care recipient in six months.
A score of 1 represents no confidence, 5, mid-level confidence, and 10 represents completely confidence.
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4 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in a cognitive level of care recipients measured by the Global Deterioration Scale
Time Frame: 4 months
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To measure changes in cognition using the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS).
The GDS consists of levels 1 to 7. Level 1 indicates "no cognitive decline," Level 2, "very mild cognitive decline/ age associated memory impairment," Level 3, "mild cognitive decline," Level 4,"moderate cognitive decline," Level 5, "moderate dementia," Level 6, "moderately severe dementia," and Level 7, "severe dementia."
Therefore, higher scores indicate lower cognition.
The GDS has established concurrent validity when compared to the Mini-Mental State Exam with high correlation (Reisberg et al, 1994).
It also demonstrated satisfactory clinical/biological validity, compared to CT scan measurements (r= 0.50 for sulcal enlargement scans and r= 0.60 for ventricular dilation scans) and cerebral blood flow (r= 0.70-0.80)
(Herndon, 2006).
The GDS also has high interrater reliability, ranging in various studies from 0.87 to 0.97 (Herndon, 2006).
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4 months
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Change in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) of care recipients measured by IADL from the Older Americans Resources and Services
Time Frame: 4 months
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To measure changes in IADL using questionnaires in the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) Multidimensional Functional Assessment.
The IADL has seven items: using a phone, getting to places out of walking distance, shopping for groceries or clothes, preparing own meals, doing housework, taking medication, and handling money.
Each item is rated from 0 to 2: Score 0 indicates "completely unable to do the activity", 1," can do the activity with some help" and 2, "can do the activity without help".
The total score ranges between 0 and 14 and higher scores indicate higher function.
Intraclass Correlations (ICC) intrarater reliability for was .99 for a short interval (7-10 days) and a long interval (4-6 weeks), and the interrater reliability for a short interval was .98 and for a long interval, .91 (Ottenbacher et al., 1994).
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4 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Machiko R Tomita, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Publications and helpful links
The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.
General Publications
- Etters L, Goodall D, Harrison BE. Caregiver burden among dementia patient caregivers: a review of the literature. J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2008 Aug;20(8):423-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00342.x.
- Seeher K, Low LF, Reppermund S, Brodaty H. Predictors and outcomes for caregivers of people with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic literature review. Alzheimers Dement. 2013 May;9(3):346-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.01.012. Epub 2012 Nov 2.
- Ottenbacher KJ, Mann WC, Granger CV, Tomita M, Hurren D, Charvat B. Inter-rater agreement and stability of functional assessment in the community-based elderly. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1994 Dec;75(12):1297-301.
- Gonzalez P, Nunez A, Merz E, Brintz C, Weitzman O, Navas EL, Camacho A, Buelna C, Penedo FJ, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Perreira K, Isasi CR, Choca J, Talavera GA, Gallo LC. Measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 10): Findings from HCHS/SOL. Psychol Assess. 2017 Apr;29(4):372-381. doi: 10.1037/pas0000330. Epub 2016 Jun 13.
- Reisberg B, Sclan SG, Franssen E, Kluger A, Ferris S. Dementia staging in chronic care populations. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1994;8 Suppl 1:S188-205. No abstract available.
- Dean K, Wilcock G. Living with mild cognitive impairment: the patient's and carer's experience. Int Psychogeriatr. 2012 Jun;24(6):871-81. doi: 10.1017/S104161021100264X. Epub 2012 Jan 17.
- Austrom MG, Lu Y. Long term caregiving: helping families of persons with mild cognitive impairment cope. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2009 Aug;6(4):392-8. doi: 10.2174/156720509788929291.
- Beinart N, Weinman J, Wade D, Brady R. Caregiver burden and psychoeducational interventions in Alzheimer's disease: a review. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2012 Jan;2(1):638-48. doi: 10.1159/000345777. Epub 2012 Dec 15.
- Pinquart M, Sorensen S. Correlates of physical health of informal caregivers: a meta-analysis. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 Mar;62(2):P126-37. doi: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.p126.
Helpful Links
- Identified current evidence of factors influencing dementia-related caregiver burden
- MCI results in significant challenges for both patients and their carers. Further work is required in order to establish the best way to help patients and carers meet these challenges
- Describe common psychological and caregiving issues that can cause stress in family members of persons with mild cognitive impairment (PwMCI) in order to assist family members in providing care and support to the PwMCI while also caring for themselves ov
- Interventions that are individually tailored to the caregiver are particularly effective at reducing caregiver burden and should be further investigated
- negative effects of caregiving on physical health are most likely to be found in psychologically distressed caregivers facing dementia-related stressors.
- Depression and psychological comorbidity, although not as pronounced as in dementia caregivers, are common complications in MCI caregivers
- Reliability and Validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in a Population-Based Cohort of Middle-Aged U.S. Adults
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
January 19, 2018
Primary Completion (Actual)
October 2, 2019
Study Completion (Actual)
May 31, 2020
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
February 25, 2020
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 3, 2021
First Posted (Actual)
March 8, 2021
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
March 8, 2021
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 3, 2021
Last Verified
March 1, 2021
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Other Study ID Numbers
- STUDY00001647
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
UNDECIDED
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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