NCT04915040

Management of Depression and Social Isolation in Older Adults With Dementia With Home-based Telehealth Delivered Behavioral Activation + Caregiver Facilitation.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using behavioral activation therapy with caregiver support delivered via telemedicine to older adults with depression and probable mild dementia.

Conditions

• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Activation for Depression	Behavioral Activation (BA) is an effective treatment for depression, and its components may increase social connection. Generally, caregivers are with the older adult care recipient on a regular basis and may be able, with the correct training, to help enhance certain features of the Behavioral Activation treatment, even under pandemic restrictions on social contact. Therefore, we propose to (a) integrate \& (b) gather feasibility data for home-based Behavioral Activation + Caregiver

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-19
• Completion: 2022-07-19
• First posted: 2021-06-07
• Last updated: 2023-11-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States