VICA: A Virtual Care Assistant for Dementia Caregivers (VICA)
Virtual Informal Care Assistant for Alzheimer'S-related Dementia (VICA): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Studieoversikt
Status
Status
Forhold
Forhold
Intervensjon / Behandling
Intervensjon / Behandling
Detaljert beskrivelse
Studietype
Studietype
Registrering (Antatt)
Registrering
Fase
Fase
- Ikke aktuelt
Kontakter og plasseringer
Studiesteder
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Indiana
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Indianapolis, Indiana, Forente stater, 46202
- Eskanazi Health
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Deltakelseskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
- Voksen
- Eldre voksen
Tar imot friske frivillige
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria: Patient
- Age ≥ 65 years
- Community-dwelling
- Diagnosed with ADRD
- Clinical notes indicate behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) Inclusion Criteria: Informal Caregiver
- Age ≥ 21 years
- Self-identified informal caregiver of a community-dwelling patient diagnosed with ADRD
- Provides ≥ 10 hours/week of care to the patient with ADRD
- Regular access to a computer and/or smart device with internet
- English-literate; assessed as "adequate" on the Single Item Literacy Screener
Exclusion Criteria: Patient
- Life expectancy less than 6 months
Exclusion Criteria: Informal Caregiver
- Clinician-reported cognitive impairment
- Clinician-reported severe mental illness or substance use disorder
- Clinician-reported life expectancy of less than 6 months
- Unable to provide informed consent
Studieplan
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Primært formål: Støttende omsorg
- Tildeling: Randomisert
- Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
- Masking: Ingen (Open Label)
Antall våpen
Våpen og intervensjoner
Deltakergruppe / ArmDeltakergruppe / Arm |
Intervensjon / BehandlingIntervensjon / Behandling |
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Eksperimentell: Experimental: VICA
Access to the VICA AI-powered avatar platform for 3 months; caregivers encouraged to engage 3x/week for ~20 minutes per session.
VICA delivers education, resource information, and symptom-monitoring (HABC-Monitor) grounded in the ABC collaborative dementia care model via a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system.
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An AI-powered avatar delivering conversational, speech-to-speech and text-based education, resource information, and symptom-monitoring support to informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), grounded in the ABC collaborative dementia care model via a retrieval-augmented generation system.
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Aktiv komparator: Active Comparator: Attention Control
Access to Dementia Guide Expert, an existing free, education-only BPSD mobile app (ENGAGE-IL initiative, University of Illinois at Chicago), used on the same 3x/week, ~20 minute schedule for 3 months.
No interactive coaching, assessment, or personalized response.
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Access to Dementia Guide Expert, an existing free, education-only BPSD mobile app (ENGAGE-IL initiative, University of Illinois at Chicago), used on the same 3x/week, ~20 minute schedule for 3 months.
No interactive coaching, assessment, or personalized response.
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Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) total score
Tidsramme: Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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A 12-domain caregiver-informant-rated measure of patient behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
Each domain is scored as frequency (1-4) times severity (1-3) if present, or 0 if absent.
Domain scores are summed for a Total Score ranging 0-144; higher scores indicate more frequent and/or severe symptoms.
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Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Distress (NPI-D) Scale
Tidsramme: Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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Derived from the same 12-domain NPI interview.
For each domain in which a symptom is present, the caregiver rates how emotionally distressing that behavior is to them, from 0 (not at all) to 5 (very severely).
Ratings are summed across domains for a total score of 0-60; higher scores indicate greater caregiver distress.
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Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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Assessment completion rate
Tidsramme: Computed at 3 months
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Computed at 3 months
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Recruitment rate
Tidsramme: up to 15 months
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Recruitment rate computed monthly as # approached, # agreeing, and # consenting, tracked continuously throughout the accrual period. |
up to 15 months
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Technology Acceptance Model-Perceived Ease of Use (TAM-PEOU)
Tidsramme: Months 1, 2, 3
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A 6-item caregiver self-report measure of perceived ease of use, each item rated on a 7-point scale from Extremely Disagree to Extremely Agree.
Item scores are summed for a total ranging 6-42; higher scores indicate greater perceived ease of use.
Intervention-arm participants rate the VICA platform; control-arm participants rate the Dementia Guide Expert app, using parallel-worded versions of the same instrument.
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Months 1, 2, 3
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System Usability Scale (SUS)
Tidsramme: Months 1, 2, 3
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A 10-item caregiver self-report measure of perceived usability, rated on a 5-point scale from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree, with alternating positively- and negatively-worded items.
Using standard SUS scoring, item responses are converted and summed to a total ranging 0-100; higher scores indicate better usability.
Intervention-arm participants rate the VICA platform; control-arm participants rate the Dementia Guide Expert app, using parallel-worded versions of the same instrument.
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Months 1, 2, 3
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VICA usage
Tidsramme: up to 12 weeks
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Server-recorded log-ins, session progress/completion, and conversation content, collected from the VICA intervention arm only.
Not applicable to the attention control arm, which does not use the VICA platform.
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up to 12 weeks
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Tidsramme: Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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A 9-item caregiver-reported measure of depressive symptom severity.
Scored 0-27; higher scores indicate more severe depression.
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Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7)
Tidsramme: Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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A 7-item caregiver self-report measure of anxiety symptom severity, scored 0-3 per item and summed for a total ranging 0-21; higher scores indicate more severe anxiety.
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Baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months
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Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbeidspartnere
Samarbeidspartnere
Etterforskere
Etterforskere
- Hovedetterforsker: Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, Indiana University School of Medicine, Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science
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Studiet fullført
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Først innsendt
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
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Først lagt ut
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Sist oppdatering lagt ut
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
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Sist bekreftet
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