Clinical trial NCT03593564: Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Exemplary Relationships
Official title: Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Exemplary Relationships
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Caregivers
Family Relations
Domestic Violence
Elder Abuse
Keywords: Pilot Study
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Intervention Study
Lead sponsor: University of Southern California
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Archstone Foundation
First posted: 2018-07-20
Enrollment: 23
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: The investigators will evaluate the KINDER program using pre- and post-test analysis. Eligible and consented subjects enrolled on a rolling basis. After enrollment, all caregivers will complete a baseline assessment. Caregivers will receive the intervention (8 lessons, delivered once per week) and will be asked to complete a reassessment after 10 weeks. Two months later, participants will be asked to complete a second reassessment.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This pilot study will test the effect of an online asynchronous psychoeducational intervention to improve relationship quality and prevent verbal-type elder mistreatment in caregiving dyads. The investigators will use a pre-post test design to test the feasibility and acceptability of this video-based intervention, and to determine the likelihood that participation in this program may improve caregiver relationship quality.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Provides assistance to someone over the age of 60 with an illness or a disability ("care recipient") who requires personal assistance from another person (e.g., bathing, preparing meals). (Assistance provided with at least 1 activity of daily living and/or at least 2 instrumental activities of daily living.)
* Person receiving care from the study participant has a cognitive impairment. This does not have to be diagnosed.
* Participant provides at least 8 hours of assistance to the care recipient per week
* Participant does not intend to place the care recipient in a skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility within 3 months of consenting into the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Does not read and speak English
* Cannot access a computer and internet (needed to complete lessons)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in frequency of verbal mistreatment
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 2 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 2 months.
measure: Change in the number of positive aspects of the relationship with the care recipient (Dyadic Relationship Scale)
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 2 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 2 months.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in caregiver competence (Caregiving Competence Scale)
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 3 months.
measure: Change in perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale)
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 3 months.
measure: Change in caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Index)
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 3 months.
measure: Change in depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9)
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 3 months.
measure: Change in caregiver mastery (Caregiver Mastery Scale)
timeFrame: This measure will be asked immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is complete. The question asks participants about events in the previous 3 months.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: University of Southern California
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Southern California
name: Donna Benton, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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