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

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavioral Activation for Depression

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04915040

HSC-SPH-21-0272

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No 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 exclusion criteria:

• presence of suicidal ideation with clear intent,
• concurrent enrollment in another clinical trial for depression,
• substance use disorder.

Caregiver exclusion criteria:

• Active psychosis or significant dementia at screening;
• presence of suicidal ideation with clear intent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Behavioral Activation for Depression

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral Activation for Depression