New online program aims to ease loneliness for dementia caregivers
NCT ID NCT05460494
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a web-based program called RELOAD-C designed to reduce loneliness in people caring for a family member or friend with Alzheimer's disease. The program uses short videos and online group discussions based on Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy to help caregivers find more meaning and purpose. 96 caregivers participated, and the study measured changes in loneliness and depression over three months.
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Study facts
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- 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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96 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * • Self-identify as the care partner of a community-dwelling (i.e. does not live in a nursing home or facility) person with AD/ADRD (diagnosis confirmed via the patients' electronic health record when possible) * report that their role as a care partner is not related to their employment (i.e. they are a family member or friend of the patient) * age 18 or older * English-speaking * competency to participate * access to a telephone, computer, Internet and email * care partners must be lonely, defined as scoring ≥35 on the UCLA Loneliness Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to communicate in English * Under the age of 18 * only one care partner per patient will be allowed to participate * could not have participated in previous Aims (1 or 2) of this study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Geriatric Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York, 10075, United States
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Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
New Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States
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Northwell Health, Institute of Health System Science
Manhasset, New York, 10022, United States
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Staten Island University South Hospital
Staten Island, New York, 10309, United States
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