NCT06413849 · RECRUITING
Telephone-coached "Graphic Narrative" Bibliotherapy for Dementia Caregivers
This study tests whether reading graphic narratives, which are story-based comics, with phone coaching can ease depressive symptoms in people caring for a family member with dementia. It compares them with a group that gets a booklet. The trial has no phase because it tests a behavioral approach, not a drug.
You may qualify if
- provide unpaid care to a person diagnosed with early to moderate stage dementia;
- provide at least 14 hours of care a week for at least 3 months
- aged 18 years or above
- able to read
- have depressive symptoms
- use a message application
You're excluded if
- with an unstable physical or mental condition
- with cognitive impairment
- receiving medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment for depression
- have been included in another interventional study
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2025-04-09