Clinical trial NCT01306695: Northern Manhattan Caregiver Intervention Project
Official title: Comparative Effectiveness of the NYU Caregiver Intervention in Latinos in Northern Manhattan
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Keywords: Dementia
Depressive symptoms
Caregiver Burden
Hispanic
Latino
Intervention
Geriatric Depression Scale
Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale
Lead sponsor: Columbia University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
First posted: 2011-03-02
Enrollment: 139
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Elderly Hispanics have a higher burden of dementia compared to Non-Hispanic Whites. Furthermore, Hispanic caregivers tend to have a higher burden of care for their relatives with dementia. The objective of this project is to conduct a randomized trial in 160 Hispanic relative caregivers of persons with dementia comparing the effectiveness of New York University Caregiver Intervention to a case management intervention lead by community health workers(CHW). This trial will last 6 months. The main outcomes in the trial will be changes in depressive symptoms measured with the Geriatric Depression Scale and caregiver burden measured with the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale. This research project will be conducted by the Northern Manhattan Center of Excellence in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Eliminating Disparities (NOCERED) funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Detailed description: The goal of this study is to compare the effectiveness of an existing evidence-based dementia family caregiver intervention, the New York University Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI), to community-based case management using community health workers (CHWs) in Hispanic caregivers in Northern Manhattan. The investigators will randomize 160 relative caregivers of persons with dementia to case management alone or NYUCI in addition to case management. The total duration of followup will be 6 months. We will call this project the Northern Manhattan Caregiver Intervention Project (NOCIP).

The primary aim is to compare changes from baseline to 6 months in caregiver depressive symptoms, measured with the geriatric depression scale (GDS), and in caregiver burden using the Zarit caregiver burden interview (ZBI), between the randomization arms using an Intent to treat approach. The investigators hypothesize that depressive symptoms and caregiver burden will improve or deteriorate less in the NYUCI arm compared to the case management arm at 6 months.

This project addresses one of the priority areas for comparative effectiveness research (CER) from the Institute of Medicine, "interventions for caregivers of persons with dementia". It also addresses 2 priority conditions from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ): Dementia and Depression. Dementia caregiver burden is a major source of disparities in Northern Manhattan. The prevalence of dementia in Hispanics is twice that of Non-Hispanic Whites. In addition, Hispanic families tend to be reluctant to delegate the care of their relatives with dementia and consider it a family affair. Thus, the burden of care-giving for persons with dementia is much higher in Hispanic families. NOCIP will be the first study to test the effectiveness of an existing caregiver intervention, the New York University Caregiver Intervention, in the Hispanic community of Northern Manhattan. In addition, the NYUCI has been tested in spouse caregivers, and NOCIP will be the first randomized clinical trial to include non-spouse caregivers.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must be caring for a relative with a clinical diagnosis of dementia and have the primary responsibility for their care. All people with dementia must be living at home with their caregiver when they enroll in the study.
* In each family, the person with dementia or the caregiver has to have at least one relative living in the New York City metropolitan area.
* The caregiver must be emotionally and physically capable of participating. Caregivers with clinical depression or other serious mental illness will be referred.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Caregiver Depressive Symptoms
timeFrame: Up to 6 months from study completion
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Caregiver Burden
timeFrame: Up to 6 months from study completion
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Columbia University Medical Center
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Columbia University
name: Jose Luchsinger, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Luchsinger J, Mittelman M, Mejia M, Silver S, Lucero RJ, Ramirez M, Kong J, Teresi JA. The Northern Manhattan Caregiver Intervention Project: a randomised trial testing the effectiveness of a dementia caregiver intervention in Hispanics in New York City. BMJ Open. 2012 Sep 14;2(5):e001941. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001941. Print 2012.
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citation: Luchsinger JA, Tipiani D, Torres-Patino G, Silver S, Eimicke JP, Ramirez M, Teresi J, Mittelman M. Characteristics and mental health of Hispanic dementia caregivers in New York City. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2015 Sep;30(6):584-90. doi: 10.1177/1533317514568340. Epub 2015 Jan 29.