Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2024
The feasibility of a sleep education program for informal dementia care dyads: A pilot randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03455569 (A Dyadic Sleep Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease Patients and Their Caregivers), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Dyadic Sleep Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease Patients and Their Caregivers
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions in Alleviating Burden on Informal Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Nonpharmacological interventions to improve the sleep of informal caregivers of people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Gerontologist · 2026Pooled it
- Digital technology-based dyadic interventions in patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia and their caregivers: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Dementia Caregiving on the Health of the Spousal Caregiver.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Development and Pilot Testing of an Artificial Intelligence and Care Coach Intervention for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Wearable sensors for monitoring caregivers of people with dementia: a scoping review.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Poor sleep and inflammatory gene expression among care partners of persons living with dementia: a pilot trial of a behavioral sleep intervention.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Real-time digital assessment of sleep-cognition dynamics in dementia care dyads.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundUntreated sleep problems in both persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their family care partners (CP) impact their health and quality of life. This pilot study tested a sleep intervention program for both dyad members.
methodsThirty dyads were randomized to a 5-session Care2Sleep intervention (n = 15 dyads) or an information-only control group (n = 15 dyads) delivered in-person or by video-telehealth by trained sleep educators. Care2Sleep is a manual-based program, incorporating key components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, daily light exposure and walking, and problem-solving for dementia-related behaviors. Adherence with Care2Sleep recommendations was assessed. Sleep outcomes included actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency (SE) and total wake time (TWT) for dyads, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for CP. Other outcomes for CP included the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and positive aspects of caregiving (PAC). Outcomes were measured at baseline, posttreatment, and 3-month follow-up. A 2 (group) by 3 (time) mixed model analysis of variance tested treatment effects.
resultsStudy feasibility was demonstrated, with 13 dyads completing all five sessions of Care2Sleep program and 14 completing the control condition. In the Care2Sleep group, the dyads adhered to recommended sleep schedules of 76% for bedtime and 72% for get-up time for PLWD, and 69% for bedtime and 67% for get-up time for CP. There were several nonsignificant trends in outcomes from baseline to 3-month follow-up between the two groups. For example, SE increased by 3.2% more for PLWD and 3.2% more for CP with Care2Sleep versus control. TWT decreased by 14 min more for PLWD and 12 min more for CP with Care2Sleep versus control at the 3-month follow-up. CP in Care2Sleep also showed improvement in the PSQI, ZBI, and PAC scores.
conclusionsA dyadic approach to sleep improvement is feasible. Larger trials are needed to test effects of this intervention for PLWD and their family CP. CLINICALTRIALS: gov: NCT03455569.
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