AI coach for dementia caregivers: can it cut stress?
NCT ID NCT07444866
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new tool that uses machine learning to help people caring for a family member with dementia. The tool aims to reduce stress, depression, and sleep problems in caregivers. The study will include 550 family caregivers who provide at least 20 hours of care per week and have mild to moderate stress.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 550 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * aged 18 above * family caregiver of an individual with a confirmed medical diagnosis of any type of dementia who has been residing in the community * having been providing care for ADLs and IADLs for at least 20 hours per week for at least one year prior to recruitment * have a smartphone * have mild to moderate stress (the 14-item Chinese version Perceived Stress Scale). Exclusion Criteria: * having participated in any structured mind-body intervention, cognitive therapy, or structured psychosocial intervention in the 6 months prior to recruitment * having acute psychiatric and medical comorbidities that are potentially life-threatening (e.g. suicidal ideation) or that limit the caregivers' participation or adherence (e.g. acute psychosis)
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Education University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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