Supporting Care Partners' Well-Being With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots

University of Michigan30 enrolled

Overview

This study is being completed to test an AI therapy chatbot application called Earkick to see whether it is feasible and acceptable in supporting care partners who support individuals living with dementia.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Caregivers

Interventions

Earkick appOTHER

Participants will have a baseline visit followed by an 8-week home monitoring period (HMP) using the Earkick app. The Earkick app will interact with a mental health chatbot. Participants will complete online surveys at the midpoint (4 weeks) and end (8 weeks) of the HMP. Participants will choose one mental health-related topic to focus on from weeks 1-4 and one physical health-related topic to focus on from weeks 5-8. Additionally, participants will have a post-HMP interview over Zoom.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants need to be a care partner (informal caregiver) of an individual living with dementia * Participant provides emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to the individual with dementia (per protocol) * Participants indicate high levels of caregiver burden, confirmed using the 12-item Zarit Burden questionnaire (per protocol) * Provide informed consent and read, speak, and understand English * Have an Apple smartphone, tablet, or laptop, have access to the internet and text messages, and be willing to use this device as well as internet and text message access for the study, including downloading the AI chatbot app * Be willing to complete all study assessments Exclusion Criteria: * Professional, paid caregivers * Anything that would preclude safe or meaningful participation in the study

Locations (1)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility and Acceptability as measured by the Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire

Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire (items are scaled from 1 to 5 to indicate level of agreement, where "1" indicates "strong disagreement" and "5" indicates "strong agreement").

Time frame: 4 weeks and 8 weeks (post intervention)

Secondary Outcomes

Attrition as measured by the percent of participants completing the study

Time frame: 8 weeks

Adherence as measured by the percentage of missing data over the course of the study

Time frame: 8 weeks

Central Contacts

Rongqi Bei

CONTACT

734-510-2819 rbei@umich.edu

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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