Peer Support for Family Caregivers of Older Adults Living With Dementia
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorOhio State University
About this trial
Family caregivers of people living with dementia are at high risk of poor health when caregiving for their loved one. Peer Support for Family Caregivers of Older Adults Living with Dementia (Pair 2 Care©) is a simple, nonjudgmental, flexible, and potentially scalable peer support program developed with and for family caregivers along with former (previous) caregivers, community leaders, and healthcare providers. Using the experiences of trained former caregivers as mentors to current caregiver mentees, Pair 2 Care© may lower caregiver depressive symptoms and promote health and well-being of current caregivers, their loved ones, and former caregivers while informing future Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementia caregiving policy.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
English-speaking
Adult (18+)
Family Caregivers of people living with dementia (current or former)
Disqualifiers
Non-English-speaking
Under age 18
Non-family caregiver
Trial design
Design model
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Peer Support
BehavioralFormer caregivers will be paired with a current caregiver based on a similar personal attribute (e.g., relationship to care recipient). Each pair will complete at least five virtual face-to-face (video) interactions and at least 10 other interactions either via phone call, email, or text messaging over the 6-month time period.
Usual Care
BehavioralWill include AD/ADRD and caregiving literature, as the control condition because it will provide a more real-world comparison. After completing the Month 6 data collection, they will be offered the Pair 2 Care intervention.
Treatment groups
344 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Peer SupportExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Active ControlActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R-10)
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R-10) will be used to measure depressive symptoms.74 The CESD-R-10 is reliable (Cronbach's α = .86) and valid (convergent = .91; divergent = .89).
Time frame
Baseline, 3 months, 6 monthsSponsors and contacts
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Ohio State University
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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