Learning and Improving Alzheimer's Patient-Caregiver Relationships Via Smart Healthcare Technology

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-19

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this project is to develop a monitoring, modeling, and interactive recommendation solution (for caregivers) for in-home dementia patient care that focuses on caregiver-patient relationships. This includes monitoring for mood and stress and analyzing the significance of monitoring those attributes to dementia patient care and subsequent behavior dynamics between the patient and caregiver. In addition, novel and adaptive behavioral suggestions at the right moments aims at helping improve familial interactions related to caregiving, which over time should ameliorate the stressful effects of the patient's illness and reduce strain on caregivers. The technical solution consists of a core set of statistical learning based techniques for automated generation of specialized modules required by in-home dementia patient care. There are three main technical components in the solution. The first obtains textual content and prosody from voice and uses advanced machine learning techniques to create classification models. This approach not only monitors patients' behavior, but also caregivers', and infers the underlying dynamics of their interactions, such as changes in mood and stress. The second is the automated creation of classifiers and inference modules tailored to the particular patients and dementia conditions (such as different stages of dementia). The third is an adaptive recommendation system that closes the loop of an in-home behavior monitoring system.

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Detailed Description

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The purpose of this project is to develop a monitoring, modeling, and interactive recommendation solution (for caregivers) for in-home dementia patient care that focuses on caregiver-patient relationships. This includes monitoring for mood and stress and analyzing the significance of monitoring those attributes to dementia patient care and subsequent behavior dynamics between the patient and caregiver. In addition, novel and adaptive behavioral suggestions will be provided to family caregivers via text messages on project Smart phones at the right moments aimed to help improve familial interactions related to caregiving, which over time should ameliorate the stressful effects of the patient's illness and reduce strain on caregivers. The technical solution consists of a core set of statistical learning based techniques for automated generation of specialized modules required by in-home dementia patient care. There are three main technical components in the solution. - The first obtains textual content and prosody from voice and uses advanced machine learning techniques to create classification models. This approach not only monitors patients' behavior, but also caregivers', and infers the underlying dynamics of their interactions, such as changes in mood and stress. - The second is the automated creation of classifiers and inference modules tailored to the particular patients and dementia conditions (such as different stages of dementia). - The third is an adaptive recommendation system that closes the loop of an in-home behavior monitoring system.

Conditions

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Alzheimer Disease Caregiver Stress Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Longitudinal descriptive

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Dementia/Caregiver Dyad

All dementia/caregiver dyads will have in-home acoustic monitoring to classify mood and will be provided mindfulness-based stress reduction recommendations via a smart phone.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mood Monitoring and Behavioral Recommendation System

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The purpose of this project is to develop a monitoring, modeling, and interactive recommendation solution (for caregivers) for in-home dementia patient care that focuses on caregiver-patient relationships. This includes monitoring for mood and stress and analyzing the significance of monitoring those attributes to dementia patient care and subsequent behavior dynamics between the patient and caregiver. In addition, novel and adaptive behavioral suggestions will be provided to family caregivers via text messages on project Smart phones at the right moments aimed to help improve familial interactions related to caregiving, which over time should ameliorate the stressful effects of the patient's illness and reduce strain on caregivers.

Interventions

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Mood Monitoring and Behavioral Recommendation System

The purpose of this project is to develop a monitoring, modeling, and interactive recommendation solution (for caregivers) for in-home dementia patient care that focuses on caregiver-patient relationships. This includes monitoring for mood and stress and analyzing the significance of monitoring those attributes to dementia patient care and subsequent behavior dynamics between the patient and caregiver. In addition, novel and adaptive behavioral suggestions will be provided to family caregivers via text messages on project Smart phones at the right moments aimed to help improve familial interactions related to caregiving, which over time should ameliorate the stressful effects of the patient's illness and reduce strain on caregivers.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Females and males
* Age 60-90 years
* Physician documentation of dementia: Alzheimer's disease, vascular, mixed or unspecified type
* Community-dwelling (living in the home)
* Fluent in English

* Age 21 years or older
* Informal, unpaid caregiver who resides with the care recipient
* Fluent in English
* Functioning home Wifi
* Scoring above a 3 on the Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist, a clinical cut-off point used to determine caregiver stress.

Exclusion Criteria

* Presence of acute illness as this could lead to delirium
* Alcohol abuse or dependence within the past 2 years (DSM-IV criteria)
* History of significant psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia).

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes