Negotiation Training for Caregiver Communication in AD

NCT ID: NCT04837937

Last Updated: 2025-08-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

132 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-01

Study Completion Date

2024-06-17

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to design a Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (NDR) training intervention to improve communication and address resolution of conflicts that family caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) frequently experience.

Detailed Description

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The goal of this study is to design a Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (NDR) training intervention to improve communication and address resolution of conflicts that family caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) frequently experience. Specifically this study will:

Aim 1: Employ a caregiver (user)-centered design approach to modify and tailor a negotiations and dispute resolution (NDR) training intervention to support communication skills of family caregivers of adults with AD.

Aim 2: Utilizing Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), conduct a randomized controlled trial of the NDR intervention that targets better communication between caregivers and health teams to determine the feasibility of delivering the intervention, and derive estimates of the effect of 3 intervention components on changes in patient-centered outcomes at post-intervention and follow-up.

Exploratory Aim 3: Explore if intervention components (lectures/exercises) interact to change communication between caregivers and health care teams at post-intervention and follow-up.

Conditions

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Alzheimer Disease Cognitive Impairment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

The randomized controlled clinical trial has a full factorial testing 3 components at 2 levels each (on and off).

Individuals will be randomized to 1 of 8 experimental conditions. Participants can be assigned to intervention ("Yes") or control ("No") conditions for each component. All participants will receive a "caregiver-patient" negotiation exercise so that no participant gets an inactive placebo.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Condition 1

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise. All participants will complete this exercise; it will serve as the constant.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Condition 2

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Advanced\]' ' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Patient [Advanced]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Difficult\]' online negotiation exercise. This exercise is "advanced" compared to the constant since it involves negotiating more than one conflict.

Condition 3

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Physician' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Physician

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Physician' online negotiation exercise.

Condition 4

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Physician' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (3) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Advanced\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Physician

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Physician' online negotiation exercise.

Caregiver vs. Patient [Advanced]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Difficult\]' online negotiation exercise. This exercise is "advanced" compared to the constant since it involves negotiating more than one conflict.

Condition 5

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Caregiver

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' online negotiation exercise.

Condition 6

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (3) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Advanced\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Caregiver

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' online negotiation exercise.

Caregiver vs. Patient [Advanced]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Difficult\]' online negotiation exercise. This exercise is "advanced" compared to the constant since it involves negotiating more than one conflict.

Condition 7

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (3) 'Caregiver vs. Physician' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Caregiver

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' online negotiation exercise.

Caregiver vs. Physician

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Physician' online negotiation exercise.

Condition 8

(1) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Beginner\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (2) 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (3) 'Caregiver vs. Physician' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise; (4) 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Advanced\]' conflict negotiation/dispute resolution exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Caregiver vs. Caregiver

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' online negotiation exercise.

Caregiver vs. Physician

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Physician' online negotiation exercise.

Caregiver vs. Patient [Advanced]

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Difficult\]' online negotiation exercise. This exercise is "advanced" compared to the constant since it involves negotiating more than one conflict.

Interventions

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Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient' \[Beginner\] online negotiation exercise. All participants will complete this exercise, so it will serve as the constant.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Caregiver vs. Caregiver

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Caregiver' online negotiation exercise.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Caregiver vs. Physician

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Physician' online negotiation exercise.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Caregiver vs. Patient [Advanced]

Participants will be assigned a 'Caregiver vs. Patient \[Difficult\]' online negotiation exercise. This exercise is "advanced" compared to the constant since it involves negotiating more than one conflict.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Speak/read English;
* Currently provide care-giving support (e.g. emotional, social, physical, task-related) to an adult over the age of 65;
* Currently provide care-giving support at least 1 hour per week (e.g. may include grocery shopping, scheduling appointments, and transportation);
* Currently involved in any decision-making related to the healthcare and support of this adult over the age of 65;
* Score \>2 on the 8-item Informant Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia (AD8);
* Access to and the ability to use the internet to complete a series of online activities; and
* Have a valid email address or the willingness to create one to access during the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 21 years old
* Unable to speak and read English
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Northwestern University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lee Lindquist

Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief - Geriatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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1R01AG068421-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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R01AG068421-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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