Status:

RECRUITING

Reducing Suicide Risk Among Aging Caregivers of Persons With AD/ADRD

Lead Sponsor:

Texas Tech University

Conditions:

Suicide

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-120 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project aims to adapt, implement, and evaluate a Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training group intervention for aging adult family caregivers of person with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer...

Detailed Description

Family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) experience caregiving-related distress and have about 650% higher rates of suicide ideation (S...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • being age 50 and over (as most informal caregivers of persons with AD/ADRD are 50 or older; AARP, 2020; Chi et al., 2019)
  • being the primary informal caregiver
  • living with an AD/ADRD-diagnosed patient
  • being willing to be prodded for bloodspots
  • demonstrating English-fluency
  • endorsing a direct or indirect SI/suicide risk
  • Eligible individuals will score above clinical cutoffs for SI/suicide risk on at least 1 of 3 measures: the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-R (SBQ-R; score \> 6; Osman et al., 2002), Interpersonal Needs Question-naire (INQ; thwarted belonging score \> 35; and perceived burden \> 17; Mitchell et al., 2020) or the Geriatric De-pression Scale (GDS; score \> 5 Heisel et al., 2005).

Exclusion

  • • Participants with neurocognitive impairment will be excluded (a Mini-Mental State Exam score ≤ 23; Folstein et al., 1975; Kochhann et al., 2010)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 7 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06055322

Start Date

January 7 2025

End Date

August 31 2026

Last Update

May 11 2025

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Garrison Institute on Aging

Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79413