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
Active Locations (1)
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Garrison Institute on Aging
Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79413