Negotiation Training for Caregiver Communication in AD

Last updated: July 14, 2025
Sponsor: Northwestern University
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Learning Disorders

Memory Loss

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatment

Caregiver vs. Physician

Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner]

Caregiver vs. Caregiver

Clinical Study ID

NCT04837937
R01AG068421-01
1R01AG068421-01
  • Ages > 21
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to design a Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (NDR) training intervention to improve communication and address resolution of conflicts that family caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) frequently experience.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Speak/read English;

  • Currently provide care-giving support (e.g. emotional, social, physical,task-related) to an adult over the age of 65;

  • Currently provide care-giving support at least 1 hour per week (e.g. may includegrocery shopping, scheduling appointments, and transportation);

  • Currently involved in any decision-making related to the healthcare and support ofthis adult over the age of 65;

  • Score >2 on the 8-item Informant Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia (AD8);

  • Access to and the ability to use the internet to complete a series of onlineactivities; and

  • Have a valid email address or the willingness to create one to access during thestudy

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 21 years old

  • Unable to speak and read English

Study Design

Total Participants: 132
Treatment Group(s): 4
Primary Treatment: Caregiver vs. Physician
Phase:
Study Start date:
September 01, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
June 17, 2024

Study Description

The goal of this study is to design a Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (NDR) training intervention to improve communication and address resolution of conflicts that family caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) frequently experience. Specifically this study will:

Aim 1: Employ a caregiver (user)-centered design approach to modify and tailor a negotiations and dispute resolution (NDR) training intervention to support communication skills of family caregivers of adults with AD.

Aim 2: Utilizing Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), conduct a randomized controlled trial of the NDR intervention that targets better communication between caregivers and health teams to determine the feasibility of delivering the intervention, and derive estimates of the effect of 3 intervention components on changes in patient-centered outcomes at post-intervention and follow-up.

Exploratory Aim 3: Explore if intervention components (lectures/exercises) interact to change communication between caregivers and health care teams at post-intervention and follow-up.

Connect with a study center

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Chicago, Illinois 60611
    United States

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