Dementia Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool

NCT ID: NCT05592366

Last Updated: 2025-08-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

128 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-02

Study Completion Date

2027-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to see whether an adapted questionnaire called the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT) for care partners of hospitalized patients living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) (CHAT-AD) can help people with dementia receive better care after they go home from the hospital. Participants will be a care partner ('family member or friend') who provides unpaid care to a hospitalized adult relative or partner to help them take care of themselves because of dementia. Participants can expect to be in this study for 14 days.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is to adapt CHAT for care partners of hospitalized patients living with ADRD (CHAT-AD) and evaluate its feasibility and potential efficacy in a pilot randomized clinical trial. Findings from this study will enable the lead researcher to launch an independent program of research that aims to (1) improve hospital-based care processes and outcomes for patients living with ADRD and their care partners, and (2) make clear the essential caregiving role that so many care partners of patients living with ADRD assume.

In order to adapt CHAT, there will be two design teams with key stakeholders from local aging networks and a large academic medical system: one team comprised of previously hospitalized patients living with ADRD and their care partners (N=7 dyads) and the second comprised of healthcare system administrators and clinicians (N=7). The team will use a validated participatory human-centered design process in which each team completes 5 co-design videoconference sessions that occur in parallel across 4 months, with 2-3 weeks between each session.

Upon adaptation of the CHAT-AD, the study team will partner with a medical and surgical units that are part of a large academic medical system to recruit 128 eligible care partners of hospitalized patients living with ADRD, randomized into either the CHAT-AD plus usual care or usual care-only groups. The team will assess feasibility by examining overall recruitment, attrition, safety, adherence, and implementation satisfaction. To examine efficacy, a validated measure of caregiving preparedness will be obtained pre- and post-intervention.

Conditions

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Alzheimer Disease Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Standard of Care

Participants in this arm will only receive standard of care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Adjusted CHAT-AD

Using CHAT, participants will be asked questions about their needs to fully support and care for their loved one after the loved one is released from the hospital.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Complete the adjusted CHAT as well as demographic and caregiving questionnaires during and after loved one's hospitalization.

Interventions

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Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool

Complete the adjusted CHAT as well as demographic and caregiving questionnaires during and after loved one's hospitalization.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Provide unpaid care to a hospitalized adult relative or partner to help them take care of themselves because of ADRD
* 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-English speaking
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Beth Fields, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Locations

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University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Anne Mortensen

Role: CONTACT

608-262-2712

Facility Contacts

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Anne Mortensen

Role: primary

608-262-2712

References

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Fields B, Werner N, Shah MN, Hetzel S, Golden BP, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Farrar Edwards D. Adapting and Testing the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool for Use in Dementia Care: Protocol for a 2 Sequential Phase Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 22;12:e46808. doi: 10.2196/46808.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37347517 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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A176000

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EDUC/KINESIOLOGY

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Protocol Version 10/29/2024

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

1K23AG080068-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2022-0352

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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