NCT03144921

EPIC: An Intervention for Early-stage AD Dyads - Adapted for Virtual Delivery

EPIC: A Group-based Intervention for Early-stage AD Dyads in Diverse Communities

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 272 (actual)
• Sponsor: Arizona State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

EPIC II (Early-Stage Partners in Care) is a research project designed to assist people with early-stage memory loss and their care partners by providing early-stage related education and skill-training sessions, held via Zoom, designed to reduce stress, enhance well-being, manage challenges, and plan for the future. Researchers will gather feedback from individuals about their experience to continue to improve programs for early-stage memory loss.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to help early-stage individuals who have early-stage memory loss or early stage dementia and their current or future care partners by providing education and skill-training programs, held via Zoom, designed to reduce stress and distress, increase well-being and quality of life, and plan for the future. About 160 early-stage dyads (person with early-stage dementia and his/her care partner) will be enrolled across the United States through Arizona State University. People who decide to voluntarily participate in this program, will be asked to: * Meet others with memory loss and their care partners. * Attend six group sessions via Zoom (2 hours \& 30 minutes each) to learn strategies to help handle new situations, reduce stress, improve mood, communicate better with each other, and plan for the future. * Participate in one 90-minute individualized session via Zoom to address specific issues that may be unique to each dyad's situation. * Participate in three 2-hour confidential interviews that involve questions about background, mood, and quality of life. * Participate in interviews at the start, and again about 3 and 6 months, via Zoom, to help us to continue to improve the program. * Attend several monthly booster sessions after completion of the seven EPIC sessions. Each person will receive up to $45 for completing all follow-up interviews, or $20- 25 for each interview completed. All participants are offered the EPIC sessions shortly after their first interview or shortly after their 3-month interview. Some participants will also attend an additional free education workshop within one month of the initial assessment.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Alzheimer Disease
• Memory Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	psychoeducational skills training intervention	This protocol is a minimal risk care values clarification /care planning and psychoeducational skills training intervention, delivered as a workshop series plus one in-home session for people in the early stages of memory loss and their care partner together.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-12
• Primary completion: 2024-04-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2017-05-09
• Last updated: 2024-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States