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A Dyadic Sleep Health Approach for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Caregivers
NCT05452031 · University of California, Los Angeles
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Official title
A Dyadic Approach to Improve Sleep and Well-Being Among Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Their Caregivers
About this study
This is a randomized controlled trial over 5 years, using Stage II of the NIH-defined stage model for behavioral intervention development. We will evaluate the efficacy of the sleep intervention program (Care2Sleep) on sleep, health status measures, and quality of life (for dyads), and inflammation (for caregivers only). Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to in-person Care2Sleep, telehealth Care2Sleep, or to an in-person education control group. The Care2Sleep programs and the control education program will consist of five sessions. The intervention and control programs will begin after baseline assessment and randomization. Posttreatment assessments will be performed immediately after the last session and at 6-month follow-up.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria for Patients
* Have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (probable or possible) or other related dementia as documented in an electronic medical record
* Community-dwelling
* \>1 sleep problems \>3x/week on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nighttime Behavior Scale, - - Aged \>60 years
* Have no untreated sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome)
* Able to ambulate with or without assistive devices (i.e., dyads will be excluded if the care recipient is bedbound)
* Have no severe medical conditions with a life expectancy of less than 6 months
* Have an eligible caregiver
Inclusion Criteria for Caregivers
* Live with an eligible patient
* Aged \>18 years
* Is related to the patient as a family member, a significant other, or a friend
* Have regularly assisted patient with \>1 of 6 basic activities of daily living (ADLs; i.e., bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding) or \>1 of 8 Instrumental ADL (IADLs; i.e., using the telephone, shopping, food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, taking medications, managing money) for the past 6 months
* Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) total score \>5
* Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ≥23
* Can communicate in English
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients will be excluded if they are bedbound or have severe medical conditions with a life expectancy of less than 6 months.
* Paid, professional caregivers will also be excluded.
* If the eligibility criteria for either a patient or a caregiver are not met, the dyads will be excluded for this study.
Study design
Enrollment target: 672 participants
Allocation: randomized
Masking: double
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2022-11-09
Estimated completion: 2027-08-31
Last updated: 2025-03-26
Interventions
Behavioral: Care2SleepBehavioral: Sleep Education
Primary outcomes
- • Sleep efficiency-Actigraphy (Change from Baseline Sleep Efficiency at 6 months)
- • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score (Change from Baseline Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score at 6 months)
Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles · other
With: University of California, San Diego, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Contacts & investigators
ContactYeonsu Song · contact · ysong@sonnet.ucla.edu · 310-983-3029
All locations (3)
University of California San DiegoRecruiting
La Jolla, California, United States
University of California Los AngelesRecruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemRecruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States