Management of Depression and Social Isolation in Older Adults With Dementia With Home-based Telehealth Delivered Behavioral Activation + Caregiver Facilitation.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04915040

Enrollment

Registered

2021-06-07

Start date

2021-07-01

Completion date

2022-07-19

Last updated

2023-11-30

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Conditions

Depression

Keywords

social support, dementia, caregivers

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using behavioral activation therapy with caregiver support delivered via telemedicine to older adults with depression and probable mild dementia.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALBehavioral Activation for Depression

Behavioral Activation (BA) is an effective treatment for depression, and its components may increase social connection. Generally, caregivers are with the older adult care recipient on a regular basis and may be able, with the correct training, to help enhance certain features of the Behavioral Activation treatment, even under pandemic restrictions on social contact. Therefore, we propose to (a) integrate & (b) gather feasibility data for home-based Behavioral Activation + Caregiver

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participant Eligibility Criteria: * able to speak and understand English; * a diagnosis of mild dementia, as determined by a Clinical Dementia Rating interview Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB) score in the mild range as defined by a score of 4.5 - 9.0; * and able to provide informed consent. Caregiver Eligibility Criteria. * Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score below clinical cutoff for depression and able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Participant

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Feasibility of recruitment as assessed by number of participants enrolled in the study	Week 0	—
Feasibility of retention as assessed by number of participants who complete at least 6 sessions	Week 8	—
Feasibility of data collection as assessed by percent of missing data	Week 8	—
Change in Depression as measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale	Week 0, Week 4, Week 8	15-item self-report for each construct (yes/no) . Score goes from 1 to 15, a higher number indicates presence of depression.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026