Tango for Alzheimer's Disease Patients' Caregivers

Not Recruiting

Trial ID: NCT03269149

Purpose

The goal of the project is to determine the extent to which indices of inflammatory biomarkers, cognition and mood, are influenced by a partnered, dance-based intervention vs control condition in African American (AA) female family caregivers, at high risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Official Title

Effects of Adapted Tango on African-American Women Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

Stanford Investigator(s)

Sharon Sha, MD, MS
Sharon Sha, MD, MS

Clinical Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Women family caregivers from the Emory ADRC and Dr. Wharton's studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) caregivers
* Parental diagnosis 'probable AD'
* African-American
* 45-65 years of age

Intervention(s):

other: Adapted Tango Dance

behavioral: Educational lectures

Not Recruiting

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305