Family FINGER: Lifestyle Intervention Among Older Caregivers
ConditionPositive Mental Health
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorTarja Välimäki
About this trial
The Family FINGER study enrolls caregivers aged 65 or older who live with and care for a spouse with cognitive impairment in North Savo, Finland (estimated n=100). This intervention builds on the FINGER study, which showed improved cognitive performance and health benefits, including better health-related quality of life. The intervention will be tailored to meet caregivers' specific needs.
The overall aim of the Family FINGER trial is to assess the efficacy of this intervention on the positive mental health of spousal caregivers.
Specific research questions are as follows:
1. What is the efficacy of the Family FINGER intervention on mental health? 2. What is the efficacy of the Family FINGER intervention on secondary outcome measures: dementia risk, cognition, and lifestyles?
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Aged 65 and older.
Caregiver for a spouse with cognitive impairment.
Live in the same household with the care recipient.
The presence of modifiable risk factors for health: at least one self-reported lifestyle-related risk factor, or self-reported CAIDE dementia risk scores of 6 or higher, or a self-reported burdensome caregiving situation.
Disqualifiers
A medication for Alzheimer's disease or diagnosis of dementia or suspected dementia (such as referral to or ongoing assessment process at memory clinic, or MoCa < 18 points).
Any health condition affecting safe engagement in the intervention, or the caregiving situation is such that specialised social or health care services are needed before safe engagement in the intervention can be ensured, according to clinical judgement.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- a multidomain lifestyle intervention
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Tarja Välimäki
Lead sponsor
University of Eastern Finland
Sponsor institution
Tampere University
Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet
Collaborator
University of California, Davis
Collaborator
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Collaborator
Carers Finland
Collaborator
Alzheimer Society of Finland
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov