Families Affected by Dementia: A Survey of Caregivers (FAD)

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02095327

20130429

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of our study is to better understand how caregivers of individuals with dementia cope with their family member's illness. If you are eligible for the study and would like to participate, we will schedule a one-time phone interview, which will last approximately 2 hours for which you will be compensated for your time.

Full description

Eventually, results of this study will be used to develop treatments that will hopefully help caregivers cope more effectively with managing dementia in a loved one.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Caregiver of individual with dementia
• Relative who is 60 years or older with dementia
• Live-in, unpaid caregiver
• Have a working telephone number