Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation

Code:

NCT00409279

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Information, counseling and support

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this project is to test an intervention designed to reduce the incidence and magnitude of the negative effects, specifically stress, anxiety, and depression, frequently experienced by adult children who are caregivers of a parent with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease

Study ID

NCT00409279

Start date

Sep, 2003

Status verified date

Feb, 2008

Completion date

Apr, 2008

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2008

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Men or women between the ages of 21 and 90
  • Adult-child caring for at least one parent who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in the moderate stage
  • Person with Alzheimer's disease must be living at home or in a congregate residential setting that is like a home
  • Caregiver must be willing to complete intake and follow-up questionnaires
  • Caregiver must be willing to attend 2 workshops and 1 individual counseling session

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe psychological or physical illness
  • Unwillingness to participate in all aspects of the study

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 1

multi-component psychosocial intervention

no intervention: 2

Interventions

Information, counseling and support

individual-family consultation, support group, and ad hoc consultation

Primary outcome measure

  • Changes in measures of depression, stress, and anxiety [ Time Frame: six and nine months from baseline ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Olanta Barton

212-263-5710olanta.barton@med.nyu.edu

Locations

Aging and Dementia Research Center, Silberstein Institute, NYU School of Medicine

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10016

Contacts

Olanta Barton

212-263-5710olanta.barton@med.nyu.edu

More Information

Sponsor

The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation

Last update posted

Mar 3, 2008

Last verified

Feb, 2008

Keywords

  • Aging
  • Parent / Adult-child interaction
  • Family caregivers
  • Alzheimer's
  • Caregiving

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation on 2008-03-03.