22 Participants Needed

Smart Healthcare Technology for Alzheimer's Caregiver Support

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Overseen ByResearch and Administrative Coordinator
Age: 18+
Sex: Any
Trial Phase: Academic
Sponsor: Ohio State University
No Placebo GroupAll trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

What You Need to Know Before You Apply

What is the purpose of this trial?

The purpose of this project is to develop a monitoring, modeling, and interactive recommendation solution (for caregivers) for in-home dementia patient care that focuses on caregiver-patient relationships. This includes monitoring for mood and stress and analyzing the significance of monitoring those attributes to dementia patient care and subsequent behavior dynamics between the patient and caregiver. In addition, novel and adaptive behavioral suggestions at the right moments aims at helping improve familial interactions related to caregiving, which over time should ameliorate the stressful effects of the patient's illness and reduce strain on caregivers. The technical solution consists of a core set of statistical learning based techniques for automated generation of specialized modules required by in-home dementia patient care. There are three main technical components in the solution. The first obtains textual content and prosody from voice and uses advanced machine learning techniques to create classification models. This approach not only monitors patients' behavior, but also caregivers', and infers the underlying dynamics of their interactions, such as changes in mood and stress. The second is the automated creation of classifiers and inference modules tailored to the particular patients and dementia conditions (such as different stages of dementia). The third is an adaptive recommendation system that closes the loop of an in-home behavior monitoring system.

Who Is on the Research Team?

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Karen M Rose, PhD

Principal Investigator

Ohio State University

Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?

This trial is for men and women aged 60-90 with documented dementia, including Alzheimer's, who live at home and speak English. Caregivers must be over 21, living with the patient, not paid for their care work, have functioning home Wifi, and experience a certain level of stress as measured by a clinical checklist.

Inclusion Criteria

Females and males
Age 60-90 years
Physician documentation of dementia: Alzheimer's disease, vascular, mixed or unspecified type
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Timeline for a Trial Participant

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Monitoring and Modeling

In-home acoustic monitoring to classify mood and provide mindfulness-based stress reduction recommendations via a smartphone

4 months
Continuous in-home monitoring

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for changes in caregiver strain, emotional reactivity, and family functioning

4 weeks

What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?

Interventions

  • Mood Monitoring and Behavioral Recommendation System
Trial Overview The study tests a smart healthcare system that monitors mood and stress in both patients with dementia and their caregivers. It uses machine learning to understand interaction dynamics and provides adaptive recommendations to improve caregiver-patient relationships.
How Is the Trial Designed?
1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Dementia/Caregiver DyadExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
All dementia/caregiver dyads will have in-home acoustic monitoring to classify mood and will be provided mindfulness-based stress reduction recommendations via a smart phone.

Find a Clinic Near You

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

Ohio State University

Lead Sponsor

Trials
891
Recruited
2,659,000+

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Collaborator

Trials
93
Recruited
19,500+

University of Virginia

Collaborator

Trials
802
Recruited
1,342,000+
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