NCT05996718

Improving Care Through Improv: Promoting Mastery in the Moment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Georgia State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goals of this clinical trial are to: 1) refine the training program, "Improving Care though Improv;" and 2) test the program for its influence self-perceived caregiving mastery (i.e., how persons assess their ability to provide care) among informal caregivers of persons living with moderate dementia. Forty-three informal caregivers will be involved in testing the training program. These individuals will be assigned to groups of between 8 to12 caregivers and take part in weekly 2-hour sessions held over a 4-week period. These caregivers will be taught improvisational (improv) theater skills, which involves being in the moment, self-awareness, and responsiveness to others. This group also will be asked to answer surveys questions about themselves and the person receiving care at three timepoints and invited to provide feedback on their training experiences.

Conditions

• Caregiver Burden

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Training program pilot	This intervention for informal caregivers consists of training that will introduce participants to improvisational (improv) theatre and teach its core communication skills.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-25
• Primary completion: 2024-05-20
• Completion: 2024-05-20
• First posted: 2023-08-18
• Last updated: 2025-06-11
• Results posted: 2025-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States