Effects on Dementia Caregivers
NCT Number: NCT06473571
Status: COMPLETED
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Dementia
Interventions: OTHER: Intervention Protocol (The 3GT)|OTHER: Control Group
Sponsor: University of Central Florida
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 50
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: NONE|Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Start Date: 2023-03-14
Completion Date: 2024-01-04
Locations: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816, United States

Summary:
The Three Good Things (3GT) is a gratitude list intervention that is empirically supported (Emmons \& McCullough, 2003; Seligman et al., 2005) and is a low-cost, easily accessible tool for medical and mental providers to recommend and dementia caregivers to implement independently. Thus, this study aims to investigate the feasibility of use of 3GT in the dementia caregiving population and investigate potential therapeutic mechanisms of the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures: To measure gratitude using The Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), The Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), which is a widely used measure trait gratitude will be used. The GQ-6 is a 6 item self-report questionnaire that assesses gratitude disposition in an individual., 6 months|To measure depressive symptoms using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 10), For this study, the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 10) will be used to measure depressive symptoms, 6 months|To measure burnout using The Informal Caregiver Burnout Inventory 10 (ICBI-10), The Informal Caregiver Burnout Inventory 10 (ICBI-10) is a new measure developed to capture burnout specifically in caregivers, aiming to validate prior attempts to modify language in general use burnout measures that typically capture occupational burnout., 6 months|To assess positive emotion using The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) will be utilized to assess positive affect. The PANAS is a 20-item self-report measure assessing two dimensions of affect (positive and negative) utilizing 5-point Likert scale., 6 months|To measure positive reframing using the Brief COPE Inventory: Positive Reinterpretation subscale, To measure positive reframing, the Brief COPE Inventory: Positive Reinterpretation subscale will be used (Items 12 and 17), which is a measure that assess different types of coping utilized by individuals in stressful situations., 6 months|To evaluate practical implications of positive reframing using the Positive Aspects of Caregiving measure, The Positive Aspects of Caregiving measure is a 9-item self-report scale assessing the positive factors associated with caregiving, utilizing a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 ("Disagree a lot") to 5 ("Agree")., 6 months|Assess caregiver burden using the Zarit Burden Interview, The Zarit Burden Interview, short form (ZBI-SF) will be used to measure participants subjective burden related to their caregiving role., 6 months|To asses ICN1-10 validity, the Burnout Measure, Short (BMS) will be used, To provide convergent validity for the use of the ICBI-10 in this sample, the Burnout Measure, Short (BMS) will be used, which is a widely used measure of burnout. The BMS is a 10-item, self-report measure that assess three factors of burnout including physical, emotional and mental exhaustion., 6 months|To measure daily depressive symptoms using the NIH Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), 4 questions adapted from the The NIH Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) short form depression item will be used., 6 months