Caregivers
Conditions
Keywords
Caregivers for adults with dementia, Surveys, Care partners, Artificial intelligence (AI) mobile application, Quality of life, Chatbot
Brief summary
This study is being completed to test an AI therapy chatbot application called Earkick to see whether it is feasible and acceptable in supporting care partners who support individuals living with dementia.
Interventions
OTHEREarkick app
Participants will have a baseline visit followed by an 8-week home monitoring period (HMP) using the Earkick app. The Earkick app will interact with a mental health chatbot. Participants will complete online surveys at the midpoint (4 weeks) and end (8 weeks) of the HMP. Participants will choose one mental health-related topic to focus on from weeks 1-4 and one physical health-related topic to focus on from weeks 5-8. Additionally, participants will have a post-HMP interview over Zoom.
Sponsors
University of Michigan
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Participants need to be a care partner (informal caregiver) of an individual living with dementia * Participant provides emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to the individual with dementia (per protocol) * Participants indicate high levels of caregiver burden, confirmed using the 12-item Zarit Burden questionnaire (per protocol) * Provide informed consent and read, speak, and understand English * Have an Apple smartphone, tablet, or laptop, have access to the internet and text messages, and be willing to use this device as well as internet and text message access for the study, including downloading the AI chatbot app * Be willing to complete all study assessments
Exclusion criteria
* Professional, paid caregivers * Anything that would preclude safe or meaningful participation in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility and Acceptability as measured by the Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire | 4 weeks and 8 weeks (post intervention) | Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire (items are scaled from 1 to 5 to indicate level of agreement, where "1" indicates "strong disagreement" and "5" indicates "strong agreement"). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Attrition as measured by the percent of participants completing the study | 8 weeks |
| Adherence as measured by the percentage of missing data over the course of the study | 8 weeks |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMark Newman, PhD
University of Michigan
Outcome results
None listed