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Dyadic Sport Stacking Program for Mild Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
Led by The University of Hong Kong · Updated on 2025-11-20
144
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
88 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test a dyadic empowerment-based sport stacking program to improve health outcomes of people with mild dementia and their family caregivers. The research hypotheses to be tested are: i) People with dementia who receive the dyadic empowerment-based sport stacking program will report a greater improvement in cognitive function, a greater reduction in cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms, a greater reduction in depressive symptoms, and a greater improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at T1 (12th week) and T2 (18th week), compared to the usual care group; ii) Caregivers who receive the dyadic empowerment-based sport stacking program will report less stressful in managing the cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms, a greater reduction in depressive symptoms and a greater improvement in HRQOL at T1 (12th week) and T2 (18th week), compared to the usual care group; iii) The care dyads who receive the dyadic empowerment-based sport stacking program will report less dyadic relationship strain at T1 (12th week) and T2 (18th week), compared to the usual care group. For the intervention group, the care dyads will receive an 18-week dyadic empowerment-based sport stacking program, which is divided into two phases: the active phase (weeks 1-12) and the maintenance phase (weeks 13-18). In the active phase, the care dyads will engage in three online sessions in small groups (3-5 dyads/group) and three check-up/support sessions. Three online sessions will be scheduled at weeks 1, 3, and 9 during the 12-week active phase. They will also be required to engage in self-practice at home for at least 30 minutes per day, five times per week during this time according to their training schedule. In the maintenance phase, there will be three online sessions in small groups (3-5 dyads/group). Three online sessions will be scheduled at weeks 13, 16, and 18. The dyads will continue their self-practice at home (at least 30 minutes/day, five times/week) for 6 weeks. Participants in the control group will receive basic education on dementia caregiving, which will comprise three group-based (3-5 dyads/group) online meetings in the same schedule as the intervention group (1st, 3rd, 9th week).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Dyadic Sport Stacking Program for Mild Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- People living with dementia (PLwD) with a clinical diagnosis according to DSM-V
- PLwD aged 60 years or older
- PLwD with a Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score of 1
- PLwD living at home
- PLwD able to communicate with research staff and understand training and assessments
- PLwD with adequate hearing and vision to support skill learning
- PLwD who provide informed consent
- Family caregivers aged 18 years or older
- Family caregivers living with or caring for PLwD at least 4 hours per day
- Family caregivers able to understand and communicate in Chinese
- Family caregivers with access to and use of a smartphone, iPad, or laptop
- Family caregivers who consent to participate
You will not qualify if you...
- PLwD with severe mental or behavioral disorders
- PLwD with any acute medical condition preventing participation (e.g., pneumonia, cardiac insufficiency)
- PLwD currently participating in other studies
- Family caregivers physically unable to participate in sport stacking due to physical problems
- Family caregivers with acute psychotic conditions
- Family caregivers unable to support the PLwD during sport stacking sessions
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, China
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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