# INTERVENTIONS TO CHANGE CAREGIVE & AD PATIENT OUTCOMES

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 1992 · $173,841

## Abstract

This is a revision of a proposal submitted for review on October 1, 1989.
The major goal of this 5 year intervention study is to assess the relative
efficacy of a treatment program that provides caregivers with the skills
necessary to change the problem behaviors of their spouse with Alzheimer's
Disease, an intervention which teaches them to manage their own affective
responses to caregiving challenges, and an intervention which combines both
treatment strategies.  Following psychosocial assessment of caregivers and
cognitive and behavioral assessment of patients, 80 caregiver/patient dyads
will be assigned to one of four intervention conditions:  (1) behavior
management skills training (BM) designed to change the most frequent and/or
stress inducing problems exhibited by the patient; (2) affective self-
management training (ASM) designed to teach caregivers to increase pleasant
activities, reduce stress, and enhance positive mood; (3) combined behavior
management skills and affective self-management training (COM) to assess
any additive effects of both patient- and caregiver-focused intervention;
and (4) wait-list control (WL) in which contact with trainers and general
information will be provided through "friendly visits."  Each intervention
condition will run for 12 weeks; pre- and post-assessments will occur in
Weeks 1 and 13, and training in Weeks 2-11.  All participants will be
reassessed 3- and 6-months after the intervention cycle.  The groups will
be compared on a number of caregiver and patient outcome measures including
caregiver expression of stress, burden, self-efficacy, anger, and
depression, and frequency of patient's behavioral excesses and deficits.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3121116
- **Project number:** 5R01AG009291-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **SAM.gov UEI:** MKAGLD59JRL1
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHELLE Suzanne BOURGEOIS
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $173,841
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1991-09-01 → 1996-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3121116

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3121116, INTERVENTIONS TO CHANGE CAREGIVE & AD PATIENT OUTCOMES (5R01AG009291-02). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3121116. Licensed CC0.

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