Are you the primary caregiver of a loved one with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia?

The purpose is to investigate the role of emotion processing and coping in people who are serving as the primary caregivers for a loved one with Alzheimer’s (or other related dementias). Specifically, we’re seeing how thinking about emotional situations in different ways may help in managing the stress of caregiving.

Interested individuals will be asked to complete a telephone screening call to assess eligibility. The study includes:

A 30-minute online consenting session via Zoom.
A 1-hour training session via Zoom. This will include online questionnaires, heart rate monitoring using a mobile phone app and pre-mailed chest band, and a picture-rating task.
One week of daily brief check-ins via smartphone.
A completion of heart rate monitoring and a series of online questionnaires for 4 additional time points after the initial session.

This study will take approximately 6 hours to complete over the course of 3 months and participants can be compensated up to $120 for this study via Amazon e-gift card.

The principal investigator of this study is Dr. Bryan Denny in the TSCAN Lab at Rice University. To get more information about the study, please contact us at caregivers.tscan@gmail.com or 713-348-3528.

This research study (IRB-FY2018-336) has been reviewed and approved by Rice University’s Institutional Review Board. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions about the research project, you can contact an IRB Administrator at irb@rice.edu or 713-348-3586.