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Trial of Benefit Finding in Caregivers: The Building Resources in Caregivers (BRiC) Study

NCT02444312 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2015-10-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomised controlled trial that will compare the effects of a brief benefit -finding writing intervention with an active control condition on quality of life and psychological health among informal caregivers.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life
  • Psychological Distress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Benefit-finding Writing Activity

Caregivers will be instructed to write about the benefits of caring, considering things such as improved social relationship, appreciation of life and loved ones, and the positive consequences with respect to these.

BEHAVIORAL

Neutral Writing Activity

The control group will be instructed to write number of things about the weather that day. Although the sentences can be as long or as short as they like, they will be encouraged to try and aim for about 3 or 4 sentences at least.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Carolan Research Institute

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Care Alliance Ireland

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Limerick

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephen Gallagher, PhD · University of Limerick, Department of Psychology

  • Charles Brand, MSc · University of Limerick

  • Brenda H O' Connell, B.A · University of Limerick

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

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