N/A N=41 Other

Learning Skills Together Pilot Study

Family Caregiving · Complex Care · Self Efficacy · Intervention

Bottom Line

View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04428034 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Mar 2022

Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Caregiver Competency — 1.0; 1.0 score on a scale

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Learning Skills Together (Behavioral)
Age: Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Primary completion: Aug 2021

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Change in Caregiver Competency	1.0; 1.0	—
PRIMARY Change in Caregiver Mastery	0.7; 0.5	—

Summary

The Learning Skills Together (LST) program is a synchronous web-based educational intervention developed to address the essential need for training to equip family caregivers to someone with mid-stage Alzheimer's disease to confidently provide complex care tasks.The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility of delivering LST, the program's acceptability to caregivers, and likelihood of effecting caregivers self-efficacy and mastery.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Family member (including families of choice) to an individual living with Alzheimer's disease who has received a diagnosis from a physician
Ages 18 and old
Provides assistance with at least two instrumental activities of daily living or one activity of daily living
Care recipient is described as being within mid-stage Alzheimer's Disease
There are no plans to place the care recipient in a skilled nursing facility within the next 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

The caregiver is paid to provide care
The caregiver does not have reliable access to a computer and internet
The caregiver is unable to read and speak English

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04428034). 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.