N/A
N=38
Volunteering Program for Chinese Dementia Caregivers
Caregiver Burnout
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04346745 ↗Enrolled (actual)
38
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Caregiver Burden Score at Month 3 and Month 9 — 23.73; 25.56; 21.41; 27.67 units on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Peer Mentoring Program (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 21+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
- Primary completion
- Mar 2022
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Caregiver Burden Score at Month 3 and Month 9 |
23.73; 25.56; 21.41; 27.67 | — |
| PRIMARY Caregiver's Depression at Month 3 and Month 9 |
12.48; 13.00; 9.61; 11.88 | — |
| PRIMARY Caregiving Competency at Month 3 and Month 9 |
12.44; 13.00; 13.00; 12.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Loneliness at Month 3 and Month 9 |
4.56; 5.44; 5.11; 5.31 | — |
Summary
Although many older Chinese Americans are expected to need intensive care because of cognitive impairment, a large gap exists in development of culturally sensitive interventions to reduce stress among caregivers in Chinese American communities. This research project will develop and pilot test a culturally sensitive intervention, the peer mentoring program (PMP), which is informed by the sociocultural stress and coping model. This project will generate preliminary data for a larger randomized controlled trial for efficacy or effectiveness testing of PMP, which is an innovative intervention to support dementia among Chinese Americans, by empowering the existing human resources of experiential caregivers in the same ethnic community.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
The caregivers will be recruited if they:
- self-identify as Chinese
- are 21 years old or older
- speak Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese
- provide care to a family member with dementia or cognitive impairment related to dementia for 10 hours or more a week
- are interested in receiving peer mentoring
- report moderate to severe caregiver burden
- can access a telephone and communicate via phone call.
Inclusion Criteria
The volunteer mentors will be recruited if they:
- are 50 years old or older
- self-identify as Chinese
- speak Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese
- have experience providing care to a family member with dementia or cognitive impairment related to dementia
- can access a telephone and communicate via phone call
- can attend volunteering training in person
- agree to volunteer as a mentor with minimal financial compensation
- agree to the time commitment required by the program.
Exclusion Criteria for both groups:
- do not self-identify as Chinese
- do not speak Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04346745). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.