iCare4Me Transitions

Conditions

• Caregiver Stress

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Digital Health Information (DHI) — OTHER
  Digital health information websites.
• Virtual Health Coach for You — BEHAVIORAL
  Study participants in the intervention group will receive 10-session virtual health coaching intervention session delivered over 6 months with the goal of improving caregiver self-care and coping, decreasing stress, and improving the hospital-to-home experience The 10 sessions are on average 60 minutes and cover the following topics: care transitions, caregiving demand, self-care, and coping.

Study Details

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine the effect of a virtual face-to-face health coach intervention to improve self-care among caregivers of hospitalized older adults during care transitions compared to web-based resource information alone to determine the effectiveness of each intervention. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. compare the efficacy of the virtual health coaching intervention vs. web-based information alone in improving self-care in caregivers of hospitalized community-dwelling older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) who transition from hospital to home, 2. compare outcomes among Black/African American and White caregivers who receive the intervention vs. digital health information alone, and 3. explore the estimated the cost of the interventions and acute care resource use among patients of caregivers who received virtual intervention vs. digital health information alone. Participants who enroll will agree to enroll will: * be randomly assigned to either the health information group or the health coaching intervention plus health information group for six months, and * be asked to complete a baseline interview, a check-in call at one month post-hospital discharge, and two follow-up interviews at 3- and 6-months after enrollment. Researchers will compare the two groups of caregivers on the following outcomes: self-care, caregiver self-efficacy (aka confidence), coping, stress, and health status.

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 1, 2024

Status verified

Mar 2026

Primary completion

Sep 30, 2027

Completion

May 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

314 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• Active Comparator: Digital Health Information (DHI)
  Digital health information is delivered through a website tailored with care transitions and self-care information for all participants over the 6-month study.
• Experimental: Virtual Health Coaching + DHI
  Study participants in the intervention group will receive 10-session virtual health coaching intervention sessions delivered over 6 months.

Primary Outcome Measure

Self-Care Inventory [ Time Frame: Collected at: enrollment, 3- and 6-months after enrollment ]

Central Contacts

• Karen Hirschman, Ph.D.
  215-573-3755
  [email protected]

Locations (3)

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