NCT04610944Completed
Changing Talk Online Training (CHATO) National Trial
Changing Talk Online Training (CHATO): A National Trial to Reduce Behavioral Symptoms in Long Term Care Residents With Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The National Plan to Address Alzheimer's disease has identified education of dementia care providers as a top priority to address the need for quality care for the population of persons with dementia that will triple in the next 30 years. This study will test new online interactive training for nursing home staff that improves staff communication and also reduces behavioral symptoms of persons with dementia that they care for. Innovative approaches to reach care providers are essential to achieve implementation of evidence-based practices to improve care.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 5043 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Sept 2020
- Start date
- 26 Apr 2021
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT04610944
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 5043
- From 26 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Assisted Living facilities or other types of facilities are excluded due to lack of MDS data as well as NHs that previously participated in other CHAT/CHATO studies.
Other illness
- Exclusion criteria from MDS include active psychiatric diagnoses (bipolar disorder, major depressive episode, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, mood disorder with psychotic features, psychotic symptoms, hallucinations or delusions); terminal illness (on hospice); and lack of verbal or non-verbal response to staff (MDS section B).
Who the study is looking for
- Nursing Homes that serve people with dementia.
- Nursing Homes that have internet available for staff to complete the CHATO training.
- Nursing Homes that are willing to complete leadership interviews and surveys.
- CNAs and nurses who are permanent employees of participating NHs and who provide direct care at least 8 hours weekly will complete the CHATO training, available by URL link. All staff will be encouraged to participate as participation by as many staff as possible is desired to achieve facility-wide communication change.
- Data for residents in participating NHs with Alzheimer's disease or non- Alzheimer's dementia documented on the MDS Active Diagnoses list will be included in the analyses.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas School of Nursing Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
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