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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Thomas Jefferson University Pennsylvania Department of Health |
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Information provided by: | Thomas Jefferson University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00259454 |
This study tests the effectiveness of an in-home intervention to reduce upset and burden among family caregivers, and decrease nursing home placement.
The main hypothesis that will be tested is that compared to control group, subjects, experimental group participants will have enhanced well-being and fewer nursing home placements.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Dementia, Alzheimer Type |
Behavioral: In-home intervention |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment |
Official Title: | Managing Problem Behaviors of Alzheimer's Disease |
Estimated Enrollment: | 278 |
Study Start Date: | June 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Implement a multi-component in-home intervention designed to prevent and ameliorate the troublesome behaviors that families typically confront and that often trigger nursing home placement. The intervention combines the most effective strategies that have been identified in previous caregiver research by the investigative team and best clinical practices to provide a comprehensive service approach to families and individuals with dementia including education, skills training, home safety, and stress management. To enhance its applicability to real-world practice within the aging service network, the intervention is designed to be reproducible and its components and treatment goals commensurate with the Medicaid Waiver Program. In the absence of evidence-based service protocols currently in place for this Waiver population, the intervention, if effective, would provide a systematic, evidence-based approach in the Medicaid Waiver program to help families and persons with dementia remain at home and in their communities.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Thomas Jefferson University | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107 |
Principal Investigator: | Laura N Gitlin, Ph.D | Thomas Jefferson University |
Responsible Party: | Thomas Jefferson Univeristy-Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health ( Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D ) |
Study ID Numbers: | SAP 4100027298 |
Study First Received: | November 28, 2005 |
Last Updated: | February 6, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00259454 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Caregivers in-home care occupational therapy |
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders Mental Disorders Alzheimer Disease Central Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Brain Diseases Dementia Cognition Disorders Delirium |
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Alzheimer Disease Central Nervous System Diseases |
Neurodegenerative Diseases Tauopathies Brain Diseases Dementia |