Study of caregiver stress and sleep in older adults
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how caregiver stress affects sleep problems—especially trouble getting going in the morning. If you are a caregiver for someone with dementia and have specific morning sleep/energy difficulties, you may be able to join and help researchers better understand what helps.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be 55 years old or older.
- Care for a person with dementia for at least 15 hours per week, without pay.
- Experience stress or feeling strained from caregiving.
- Have depression medicines that are no longer used or stable (not starting/changing recently).
- Answer a morning-type questionnaire that fits trouble activating in the morning or being a “morning type” that matches the study’s definition.
- Be able to have an MRI scan (or be medically safe for it).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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