Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)
Resilient Together for Dementia: A Live Video Resiliency Dyadic Intervention for Persons With Dementia and Their Care-partners Early After Diagnosis
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
50 participants
Feb 19, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the novel Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D) intervention for couples following dementia diagnoses. The primary target is emotional distress, and the program aims to prevent chronic distress in at-risk couples.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Recent (~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis,
- ADRD symptom onset after age 65
- Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0
- Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment
- English speaking adults (18 years or older)
- Dyad lives together
- At least one partner endorses clinically significant emotional distress during screening (>7 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale subscales or <5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale)
Exclusion Criteria3
- Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team
- Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness
- Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.
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Interventions
RT-D has been developed based on feedback from couples and dementia clinicians as well as prior successful dyadic interventions. RT-D was developed based on the Recovering Together (RT) dyadic intervention for acute neurological illnesses and is being adapted to address the needs of couples navigating new dementia diagnoses.
The MEUC condition was also developed based on the comparison trial in the Recovering Together dyadic intervention, and was adapted based on feedback from prior studies. The program is self-guided and provides educational information similar to the RT-D condition, but with no skills practice or weekly sessions with a therapist.
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NCT06619327