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The COACH Project: Combined Online Assistance for Caregiver Health (COACH)

16. januar 2018 opdateret af: J. Kaci Fairchild, PhD, Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research

Combined Online Assistance for Caregiver Health (COACH): The Efficacy of a Combined Physical Activity and Coping Skills Training Intervention for Caregivers

This study evaluates the effect of a physical exercise + caregiver skills training on feelings of burden, mood, and biological markers of inflammation in persons who provide care for Veterans with a TBI or dementia. Half of the caregivers will participate in a balance and flexibility + caregiver skills training program, while the other half will participate in a moderate/high intensity aerobic and resistance + caregiver skills training program.

Studieoversigt

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Forventet)

200

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

    • California
      • Palo Alto, California, Forenede Stater, 94304
        • Rekruttering
        • VA Palo Alto Health Care System
        • Kontakt:
          • Amerah Hashmi
          • Telefonnummer: 65992 650-493-5000
        • Ledende efterforsker:
          • Jennifer K Fairchild, PhD

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år til 85 år (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. individuals aged 18 - 85
  2. distress associated with being the primary caregiver of a person with TBI or dementia
  3. endorsement of at least two of the following items: felt overwhelmed, felt like needed to cry, angry or frustrated, distant or cut of from family or friends, moderate to high levels of stress, felt their health had declined
  4. provide at least one hour of care (supervision or direct assistance) per week over the past three months
  5. approval by Primary Care Provider to participate in physical exercise
  6. be proficient in spoken and written English

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. current or lifetime history of any psychiatric disorder with psychotic features
  2. prominent suicidal or homicidal ideation
  3. current alcohol or substance abuse
  4. diagnosis of probable or possible dementia
  5. a Short Portable Mental Status score of ≥ 8
  6. participation in another caregiver intervention within the past year
  7. lack of regular access to the internet
  8. planned transfer of care recipient to another caregiver or nursing home within 12 months; 8) current severe cardiac disease (e.g., uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, defined as mean 24 hour heart rate >85 beats/min, or 24 hour maximal ventricular rate >150 beats/min; uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, defined as recurrent ventricular tachycardia >3 beats in succession, or 24 hour PVC count >20%; active pericarditis or myocarditis; Class III/IV heart failure and / or ejection fraction < 20%; thrombophlebitis; pulmonary disease with a drop in O2 Sat with exercise to 90% without oxygen; embolism within past 6 months)
  9. inability to participate in an exercise stress test
  10. morbid obesity (BMI > 39)
  11. inability to read, verbalize understanding and voluntarily sign the Informed Consent.

Caregivers meeting any of these exclusion criteria will be excluded from all aspects of this project.

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercise
Participants will work with study staff to develop an individualized physical training program based on their level of functioning at study entry. Exercises will focus on increasing the heart rate to a point at which participants will breathe more heavily and may sweat.
The combined moderate to high intensity combined aerobic and resistance exercise training + skills training group consists of six months of physical exercise + caregiver skills training followed by an additional six months of follow-up for a total study duration of twelve months. All aspects of these combined interventions will be delivered through mobile technology thus obviating some of the obstacles to caregivers face in meeting their own needs. Caregivers will be provided with study issued equipment (e.g., exercise equipment, activity monitoring devices, and tablets) to complete all elements of the intervention.
Aktiv komparator: Balance and Flexibility
Participants will work with study staff to develop an individualized physical training program based on their level of functioning at study entry.
The stretching, balance and flexibility training + skills training group consists of six months of physical exercise + caregiver skills training followed by an additional six months of follow-up for a total study duration of twelve months. All aspects of these combined interventions will be delivered through mobile technology thus obviating some of the obstacles to caregivers face in meeting their own needs. Caregivers will be provided with study issued equipment (e.g., exercise equipment, activity monitoring devices, and tablets) to complete all elements of the intervention.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Caregiver Burden using Zarit Burden Inventory
Tidsramme: Six Months
Zarit Burden Inventory
Six Months

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. august 2015

Primær færdiggørelse (Forventet)

1. juli 2018

Studieafslutning (Forventet)

1. juli 2018

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

3. april 2017

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

20. april 2017

Først opslået (Faktiske)

21. april 2017

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

18. januar 2018

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

16. januar 2018

Sidst verificeret

1. januar 2018

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

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