The Grandmother Study: Grandmother Initiatives in Family Transformation (GIFT)

Case Western Reserve University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Grandmother; Women

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral intervention and journaling; Behavioral: Reflective journaling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03263923

R01NR015999

Details and patient eligibility

About

CWRU Research Study: Looking for grandmothers living with grandchildren, 18 years of age or younger, to take part in a study to compare methods of dealing with the stress of caregiving to grandchildren. Participants need to have daily access to a computer, complete four surveys online, and be willing to write in a journal every day for a month. Participants will be compensated for their time.

Full description

This is a randomized clinical trial that will compare two methods of dealing with stress of grandparent caregiving to grandchildren.

Enrollment: 346 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Grandmother to one or more grandchildren (age 18 or younger) living in the same home (with or without parents)

Exclusion criteria

1. Grandmothers to grandchildren who do not share their home
2. Not a grandmother
3. Not living in the United States.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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346 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 1: Cognitive behavioral skills training & 4 wks online journaling

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive behavioral skills' training and 4 weeks of online journaling. Participants receive cognitive behavioral skills training by online video, then participants must complete a 28 day online journal reflecting on the cognitive skills they used to handle various situations.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral intervention and journaling

Arm 2: Reflective journaling training & 4 wks online journaling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Reflective journaling training and 4 weeks of online journaling. Participants watch a reflective journaling video and complete a 28 day journal using a different set of prompts to reflect on their days and describe how they handled various situations.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reflective journaling