SLEEPMATE Study - Virtual

SLEEPMATE is researching if the use of a tailored cognitive behavioral for insomnia intervention can improve sleep quality for both caregivers and persons living with cognitive changes. The intervention involves discussions centered on sleep, adjustment of sleep habits, and resources that can be used by caregivers and/or persons living with cognitive changes. The intervention will take place via videoconferencing for 10 visits where participants will consent, attend the study visits, complete questionnaires, complete daily sleep diaries, and wear a watch to monitor their activity. The study will help to evaluate if the behavioral intervention plan provided is practical and useful for pairs experiencing sleep problems.

The purpose of this study is to determine if a 6-week videoconference intervention to teach skills to improve sleep is practical, acceptable, and helpful to persons living with memory loss, cognitive changes and/or dementia and care partners, individually or together.

If both members of the pair meet all the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study, researchers will ask them to complete questionnaires about sleep, depression, and quality of life at the baseline and the follow-up visits. Researchers will also ask both participants to complete sleep diaries and wear a wristwatch that monitors movement for the entire duration of the study. 

The intervention consists of ten visits in total: a consent visit, a baseline data collection visit, six 1-hour intervention sessions for 6 weeks, and two data collection visits after the interventions ends. All visits will take place via online videoconferencing.

The caregiver and the person living with cognitive impairment will each receive a $25 gift card after completing the baseline visit, a $50 gift card after the completing the first post-intervention visit, and $25 after completing the 3-month post-intervention visit.