Clinical trial NCT03263923: The Grandmother Study: Grandmother Initiatives in Family Transformation
Official title: GIFT Web Based Resourcefulness Training for Grandmother Caregivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Women
Grandmother
Keywords: grandmother caregivers
grandfamily
grandfamilies
custodial grandparent
custodial grandmother
multigenerational family
Grandmothers raising or living with grandchildren
Lead sponsor: Case Western Reserve University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-08-28
Enrollment: 346
Sex: FEMALE
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized controlled clinical trial
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: CWRU Research Study: Looking for grandmothers living with grandchildren, 18 years of age or younger, to take part in a study to compare methods of dealing with the stress of caregiving to grandchildren. Participants need to have daily access to a computer, complete four surveys online, and be willing to write in a journal every day for a month. Participants will be compensated for their time.

Detailed description: This is a randomized clinical trial that will compare two methods of dealing with stress of grandparent caregiving to grandchildren.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Grandmother to one or more grandchildren (age 18 or younger) living in the same home (with or without parents)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Grandmothers to grandchildren who do not share their home
2. Not a grandmother
3. Not living in the United States.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Depressive Symptoms
timeFrame: comparison of baseline with 24 weeks post journaling completion
measure: Well Being
timeFrame: comparison of baseline with 24 weeks post journaling
measure: Family Well Being - Composite Score Derived From 12 Items.
timeFrame: comparison of baseline with 24 weeks post journaling
measure: SF-12 Mental Health Composite Score
timeFrame: Baseline vs 24 week followup
measure: SF-12 Physical Health Composite Score
timeFrame: Baseline vs 24 week followup
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: CWRU
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
name: Carol M Musil, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Wallace MK, Still CH, Jeanblanc AB, Musil CM. Successful and Cost-Effective Facebook Recruitment: Is It Possible? Results From a Longitudinal Randomized Clinical Trial in Grandmother Caregivers. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2021 Dec;93(4):1031-1050. doi: 10.1177/0091415020987667. Epub 2021 Feb 17.
citation: Tracy EM, Braxton R, Henrich C, Jeanblanc A, Wallace M, Burant CJ, Musil C. Grandmothers raising grandchildren: managing, balancing and maintaining family relationships. J Women Aging. 2022 Nov-Dec;34(6):757-772. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2021.1951114. Epub 2021 Jul 15.
citation: Musil CM, Wallace MK, Jeanblanc AB, Toly VB, Zauszniewski JA, Burant CJ. Theoretical and Operational Consideration of Mindfulness, Resilience, and Resourcefulness. West J Nurs Res. 2021 Mar;43(3):210-218. doi: 10.1177/0193945920956684. Epub 2020 Sep 3.
citation: Wallace MK, Jeanblanc AB, Musil CM. Incidental findings: A practical protocol for reporting elevated depressive symptoms in behavioral health research. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2020 Jun;34(3):96-99. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.04.005. Epub 2020 Apr 13.
citation: Dolbin-MacNab ML, Jeanblanc AB, Musil CM, Infurna FJ, Smith GC. Supporting grandchildren's remote instruction during COVID-19: Experiences of custodial grandmothers. Psychol Sch. 2022 Apr 29:10.1002/pits.22714. doi: 10.1002/pits.22714. Online ahead of print.