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Short-term Existential Behavioural Therapy for Informal Caregivers of Palliative Patients: a Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT02325167 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2019-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to test the effectiveness of a short-term manualised individual psychotherapy, called Existential Behavioural Therapy (EBT), to prevent depression in informal caregivers of palliative patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

EBT

participants assigned to the intervention arm will receive 2 manualised therapy sessions with focus on mindfulness and activating resources delivered by trained therapists at the Clinic of Palliative Care

BEHAVIORAL

treatment-as-usual

participants assigned to the treatment-as-usual arm will receive 2 supportive sessions delivered by trained therapists at the Clinic of Palliative Care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin Fegg, Dr. · Klinik und Poliklinik für Palliativmedizin, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

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