Stress and Hypertension Among African American Female Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Protocol for a Pilot Internet-Based Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

• DOI: 10.2196/preprints.66975
• Publication Date: 2024-10-03T14:36:34Z
• Authors: Kathy D Wright; Ingrid K Richards...; Nathan P Helsabeck; Karen M Rose; Karen O Moss; Donya Nemati; Navia Palmer; Bohyun Kim; Sunita Pokhrel Bh...; Christopher Nguyen; Daniel Addison; Maryanna D Klatt
• Keywords: Preprint; Caregiver stress

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) tend to neglect their health, including by ignoring stress levels. African American women are particularly vulnerable this, they also susceptible hypertension. Addressing reactivity/stress resilience is vital in lessening related caregiving, enhancing quality life, fostering healthy blood pressure self-care behaviors </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This pilot study aims investigate the feasibility acceptability implementing Mindfulness Motion (MIM) plus Dietary Approaches Stop Hypertension intervention (MIM DASH) this population evaluate its effect on AD/ADRD caregivers’ life. Additionally, explores mediating role between interventions behaviors. <title>METHODS</title> A small RCT will recruit 28 American/Black female caregivers aged 40 years or older Participants be randomly assigned either MIM DASH Association Caregiver Training group (attention control). Both delivered over eight weeks through one-hour telehealth sessions, accessible via video telephone. After completing health intervention, both groups receive coaching calls nine months, beginning weekly followed four monthly encourage participants utilize educational materials. <title>RESULTS</title> an ongoing project. Recruitment, delivery, fidelity monitoring have been completed. Final data collection analysis occur December 2024. <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> Our research pioneering elucidating mechanisms underlying resilience, exploring caregivers' psychological physiological responses stress, investigating These insights pave way for a larger randomized controlled trial effects among dementia. <title>CLINICALTRIAL</title> NCT05721482