--- title: Learn About Caring for a Person Living With Dementia nct_id: NCT07381010 overall_status: COMPLETED phase: PHASE1 sponsor: Texas Christian University study_type: INTERVENTIONAL primary_condition: Dementia countries: United States canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/agent/trials/NCT07381010.md" clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07381010" ct_last_update_post_date: 2026-02-02 last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T06:08:03.914Z" source: ClinicalTrials.gov (mirrored, no enrichment) --- # Learn About Caring for a Person Living With Dementia **Official Title:** Caregivers' Transfer of Dementia Knowledge as Supported by Structured Retrieval Practice **NCT ID:** [NCT07381010](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07381010) ## Key Facts - **Status:** COMPLETED - **Phase:** PHASE1 - **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL - **Target Enrollment:** 73 - **Lead Sponsor:** Texas Christian University - **Conditions:** Dementia - **Start Date:** 2025-01-01 - **Completion Date:** 2025-12-31 - **CT.gov Last Update:** 2026-02-02 ## Brief Summary The goal of is project is to improve caregiver education about the behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) of dementia. This intervention will incorporate principles from the science of learning for structuring retrieval practice to optimize learning and long-term retention of key health information. The processing-knowledge model for ADRD care predicts that enhancing health knowledge using structured retrieval practice will best support caregivers of people living with dementia (PLwD). ## Detailed Description This study consisted of a screener and two sessions. Participants began by answering screener questions to see if they qualified to participate in the study. In Session 1, participants completed measures of self-efficacy and dementia symptom severity at their own pace. Next, participants studied 4 categories of emotions and mood symptoms of ADRD (agitation, irritation, apathy, depression) in a webpage format, as would be available from online resources (e.g., National Institutes of Health) to mirror caregivers often obtain information. Study was self-paced and order of topics was randomized. Following study, caregivers were randomly assigned to the restudy group or the structured retrieval group. Those in the restudy group restudied the four categories in the same format as before, at their own pace. Those in the structured retrieval group took a self-paced practice test consisting of 8 multiple-choice questions for each of the 4-categories in a blocked fashion such that participants answered all 8 questions in one category, in a random order (e.g., apathy), before moving onto the next (e.g., agitation), and received detailed, corrective feedback following each answer to the multiple-choice questions. Participants either studied or practice retrieval for 3 practice blocks. The order of categories and questions was randomized for each participant during each practice block. Following practice, participants completed the 10-minute problem solving task. Participants then took a self-paced multiple-choice test consisting of all 32 multiple-choice questions (i.e., the same questions as in practice). After the test, participants completed a self-paced usability measure and provided demographic information. Session 2 began two days later, and participants began by taking the same self-paced multiple-choice test as in Session 1. Next, they completed a vocabulary task, self-efficacy scale, dementia symptom severity scale, measure of health knowledge, information seeking, and provide demographic information. Finally, participants were thanked, debriefed, and compensated for their participation. ## Eligibility - **Minimum age:** 18 Years - **Sex:** ALL - **Healthy Volunteers:** Yes ``` Inclusion Criteria: * Caregiver for a person living with dementia * Read and speak English * Free from cognitive impairments that prevent consenting or completing experimental tasks Exclusion Criteria: * Technology issues (e.g., loss of internet connection) * Not finishing the study * Significant distractions * Failing 2 or more attention or bot checks * Response times 3+ standard deviations from the mean for time sensitive measures * Completing session 1 in less than 1 hour ``` ## Arms - **Structured Retrieval Practice (SRP) intervention** (EXPERIMENTAL) - **Active Control Comparison** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR) — Rereading ## Interventions - **Structured Retrieval Practice (SRP)** (BEHAVIORAL) — Our Structured Retrieval Practice (SRP) Caregiver Intervention is a web-based multi-media program designed to enhance dementia caregivers' goal-relevant memory, reduce caregiver stress, and reduce perceptions of symptom severity. The self-guided online intervention does not require supervision by a healthcare professional. Caregivers learn modules on dementia care and complete dynamic multiple-choice tests targeting practical knowledge supported with detailed, elaborative feedback to correct health misconceptions. - **Standard Health Education** (BEHAVIORAL) — Caregivers re-read modules on Alzheimer's Disease or related dementias (ADRD) in a webpage format, as would be available from online resources (e.g., National Institutes of Health) to mirror how most caregivers obtain information. ## Primary Outcomes - **Delayed test performance** _(time frame: 2 days after baseline)_ — Proportion correct on the final 2-day delayed test of symptoms and treatments of ADRD. The test was in multiple-choice format. Performance was explored via percent correct on the test, magnitude of the retrieval practice effect on the test, and amount of forgetting. - **Immediate test performance** _(time frame: Baseline)_ — Proportion correct on the immediate (approx. 10 min retention interval) test of symptoms and treatments of ADRD. The test was multiple-choice format. Performance was explored via percent correct on the test, magnitude of the retrieval practice effect on the test, and amount of forgetting. ## Secondary Outcomes - **Caregiver Self-efficacy** _(time frame: pre-intervention and 2-days post baseline)_ - **E-Health Literacy** _(time frame: 2 days after baseline)_ - **Letter and pattern comparison** _(time frame: 2 days after baseline)_ - **Raven's Progressive Matrices** _(time frame: Baseline)_ - **Vocabulary** _(time frame: 2 days after baseline)_ - **Medical Health Knowledge** _(time frame: 2 days after Baseline)_ - **Dementia Health Knowledge** _(time frame: 2 days after Baseline)_ - **Performance During Learning** _(time frame: Baseline)_ - **Usability Measures** _(time frame: Baseline)_ - **Symptom Presence, Severity, and Frequency** _(time frame: Pre-Intervention at Baseline and 2 days after Baseline)_ - **Demographic Characteristics** _(time frame: Baseline and 2 days after Baseline)_ - **Self-reported Subjective health information** _(time frame: Baseline and 2 days after Baseline)_ ## Locations (2) - Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, United States - Virginia Wesleyan University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States ## Recent Field Changes (last 30 days) - `status.overallStatus` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `status.primaryCompletionDate` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `status.completionDate` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `status.lastUpdatePostDate` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `design.phases` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `design.enrollmentCount` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `eligibility.criteria` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `eligibility.minAge` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `eligibility.sex` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `outcomes.primary` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `outcomes.secondary` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `armsInterventions.arms` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `armsInterventions.interventions` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `sponsor.lead` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `results.hasResults` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `locations.texas christian university|fort worth|texas|united states` — added _(2026-05-12)_ - `locations.virginia wesleyan university|norfolk|virginia|united states` — added _(2026-05-12)_ --- *Canonical: https://parkinsonspathways.com/agent/trials/NCT07381010.md* *Source data (authoritative): https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07381010* *This page is a raw mirror with no AI summary, no editorial enrichment, and no Parkinson's-specific filtering.*