Insomnia with Alzheimer'
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Age 20 years old or older 2) Informal caregivers of mild to moderate AD patients with experience of insomnia symptom in Japan, who are living with the patients. 3) A primary caregiver, if care responsibilities are shared with another person.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) A caregiver of two or more persons. 2) A caregiver with schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder diagnosed by a doctor 3) A caregiver of the following patient - Patients with mental disorder, or mental retardation - Patients with dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, sleep apnea using CPAP or BIPAP. - Patients with physical disabilities by injury or congenital abnormality (upper or lower limb loss/impairment (including bone fracture), visual impairment, hearing loss etc.) which require someone's help
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between caregiver burden as measured by BIC-11 and patients sleep as measured by SDI in AD. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Correlation between caregiver sleep as measured by PSQI and patients sleep as measured by SDI in AD. - Correlation between caregiver QOL as measured by SF-12 and patients sleep as measured by SDI in AD. - Correlation between caregiver depression (PHQ-9:>=10) and patients sleep as measured by SDI in AD. - Correlation between caregiver time spent in patients care and patients sleep as measured by SDI in AD. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
MSD K.K. Medical Affairs