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This study looks at the effect of a sleep intervention delivered together to Alzheimer's disease patients and their caregivers. Alzheimer's patients over 60 with sleep problems who have an eligible caregiver may take part as a pair. It was run as a study with no assigned phase and has been completed.
The summary above is a plain-language rendering of the official record. The original English title is shown for reference.
Criteria are reproduced from the ClinicalTrials.gov record in the original English. Only the trial team can determine eligibility.
Inclusion Criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients: * AD diagnosis OR probable or possible AD as documented in electronic medical record, which includes Mini Mental State Exam score \>12 (indicating mild to moderate severity of AD) and neuroimaging evidence * Community-dwelling * \>1 sleep problem \>3x/week on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nighttime Behavior Scale * Aged \>60 years * Able to ambulate with or without assistive device * Have an eligible caregiver (see below) Inclusion Criteria for caregivers: * Live with an eligible patient * Aged \>21 years * Have regularly assisted patient with \>1 of 6 basic activities of daily living (ADLs) (i.e., bathing, dressing, toileting, transfers, continence, feeding) or \>1 of 8 Instrumental ADL (IADLs) (i.e., using the telephone, shopping, preparing meals, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, taking medicine, managing money) for the past 6 months * Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) total score \>5 * Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score \>= 23 * Can communicate in English Exclusion Criteria: \- If AD patient is bed bound