Exploration of an Online Education Program to Support Caregivers' Knowledge Transfer
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Structured Retrieval Practice (SRP).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Dementia. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Exploration of Structure Retrieval Practice to Support Caregivers' Knowledge Transfer
Overview
The overarching goal of this work is to determine methods that improve caregiver education about the behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) of dementia. The specific goal of this project is to extend our prior work to evaluate the impact of our educational intervention on caregivers' ability to transfer knowledge about the management of ADRD to real-world applied examples.
Interventions
- Behavioral Structured Retrieval Practice (SRP)
Participants will complete self-paced practice tests for the 4 categories assigned to the SRP intervention. Specifically, the practice test will consist of 24 total questions: 6 multiple-choice questions for each of the 4-categories - 3 questions on triggers and 3 questions on symptom management. Each question will have 1 correct answer and 3 incorrect lures. The vertical order of responses on the screen will be randomized per participant. Questions will be presented in a blocked fashion such th
Primary outcome measures
- Immediate near transfer test performance [Time frame: 10 minutes post-intervention (session 1)]
- immediate applied transfer test performance [Time frame: approx. 10 minutes post-intervention (session 1)]
- Delayed Near Transfer test performance [Time frame: 2 days post-intervention (session 2)]
- Delayed Applied Transfer test performance [Time frame: 2 days post-intervention (session 2)]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Delayed knowledge test performance [Time frame: 2 days post-intervention (session 2)]
- Immediate knowledge test performance [Time frame: 10 minutes post-intervention (session 1)]
- Medical Health Knowledge [Time frame: 2 days post-intervention (session 2)]
- Demographic Characteristics [Time frame: Baseline and 2 days later]
- Self-reported Subjective health information [Time frame: Baseline and 2 days later]
- Symptom Presence, Severity, and Frequency [Time frame: pre-intervention, measure occurs online during participant screening]
- Performance During Learning [Time frame: Baseline]
- Raven's Progressive Matrices [Time frame: immediately following intervention during session 1]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- informal caregivers
- 18+ years old
- Read and speak English
- free of cognitive impairments that prevent consent and/or completing experimental tasks
- remote participants need access to a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer to complete tasks.
Exclusion criteria
- professional caregivers
- former caregivers who are not currently caring for someone living with dementia
- caregivers providing assistance to someone with normal cognition
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 2 centers
- Texas Christian University — Fort Worth
- Virginia Wesleyan University — Norfolk
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07377331 · 2024-153-4