Dementia Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool Study
This study is testing a new questionnaire called the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT) for family members or friends who care for someone with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) in the hospital. The goal is to see if using this tool can help people with dementia get better care after they leave the hospital. You can join if you are an adult (18 or older) who provides unpaid care to a hospitalized adult relative or partner with ADRD. The study will look at how prepared care partners feel and how satisfied they are with the care their loved one receives. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 128 care partners, who will be randomly assigned to either use the CHAT tool plus usual care or usual care only.
- What's involved
- You will complete the adjusted CHAT, as well as demographic and caregiving questionnaires during and after your loved one's hospitalization. You can expect to be in this study for 14 days.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your preparedness for caregiving will be measured up to 72 hours after your loved one leaves the hospital, and your satisfaction with care will be measured at 72 hours post-discharge.
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Dementia Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Beth Fields, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wisconsin, Madison
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What this trial measures
- Change in Preparedness for CaregivingBaseline to 72 hours post-discharge
Using the Preparedness for Caregiving Scale, which is a self-rated assessment that consists of eight items that asks care partners how well prepared they believe they are for multiple domains of caregiving, change in preparedness will be measured. Preparedness is defined as perceived readiness for multiple domains of the caregiving role such as providing physical care, providing emotional support, setting up in-home support services, and dealing with the stress of caregiving. Responses are rated on a 5-point scale with scores ranging from 0 (not at all prepared) to 4 (very well prepared). The scale is scored by calculating the mean of all items answered with a score range of 0 to 4. The higher the score the more prepared the care partner feels for caregiving.
- Care partner satisfaction of care72 hours post-discharge
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is a 29-item survey that asks discharged patients about their recent hospital stay. The study team will modify and use three items from this survey to capture care partner satisfaction of care. These items are rated on a 4-point case from 1 (definitely no or strongly disagree) to 4 (definitely yes or strongly agree), with higher scores representing more care partner satisfaction with care.