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Sleep Intervention for People with Alzheimer's Disease and Their Caregivers

Start: September 11, 2018
End: February 2023
Enrollment: 80

What Is This Study About?

Studies consistently show the negative health impact of sleep problems in both people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. This study aims to develop a sleep intervention tailored for caregiver and care recipient pairs. One group of caregivers will receive educational information without specific recommendations, while another group will receive sleep recommendations and a behavioral sleep intervention. Researchers will compare changes in sleep efficiency and quality, dementia behaviors, and caregiver depression and stress. The sleep program involves four face-to-face meetings plus one telephone session.

Do I Qualify To Participate in This Study?

Minimum Age: 60 Years

Maximum Age: N/A

Must have:

Participants with Alzheimer's

  • Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or probable or possible Alzheimer's, based on Mini Mental State Exam score >12 and neuroimaging evidence
  • Community-dwelling
  • More than one sleep problem occurring more than three times per week

Caregivers

  • Live with an eligible participant with Alzheimer's
  • Regularly assist person with more than one activity of daily living for the past 6 months (i.e., bathing, dressing, toileting, transfers, continence, feeding) or more than one Instrumental activity of daily living (i.e., using the telephone, shopping, preparing meals, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, taking medicine, managing money)
  • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index total score >5
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of 23 or higher
  • English speaking

Must NOT have:

  • Person with Alzheimer's is bed-bound

If I Qualify, Who Do I Contact?

Contact study personnel listed either under the general study contact or the location nearest you.

Need Help?

Contact NIA’s Alzheimer’s and related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center at 800-438-4380 or email ADEAR.

Where Is This Study Located?

Who Sponsors This Study?

Lead: University of California, Los Angeles

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03455569

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