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Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy for Dementia Care (MCAT-DC) : A Waitlist Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT04548089 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2020-09-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current study builds on the empirical foundation of Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy (MCAT) to test its efficacy as a multicomponent, holistic, psycho-socio-spiritual intervention for supporting dementia family caregivers. MCAT is a group-based intervention that integrates mindfulness meditation and art therapy, with reflective awareness complementing emotional expression, to foster self-compassion and inner-resilience among professional caregivers. A wait-list RCT design is adopted to refine and extend the application of MCAT to empower self-care and resilience among 102 dementia family caregivers recruited via community-based dementia-care organizations in Singapore. The expected outcomes will advance theory and practice for sustainable dementia family caregiving in Singapore and around the globe.

Conditions

  • Caregiver Burnout
  • Caregiver Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy for Dementia Care (MCAT-DC)

Each Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy for Dementia Care (MCAT-DC) will focus on 3 major areas that cultivate self-care, resilience and communal support. The specific intervention structure include: Week 1 - Empowering Self-Care: Introduction to the science of stress, self-care, burnout, as well as the arts and mindfulness to cultivate resilience; Week 2 - Reflective Caregiving: Reflection of caregiving experiences that demonstrates strengths and challenges; Week 3 - Understanding Loss: Introduction to the science of loss, how grief can impair hope and wellbeing, and how self-compassion can help transform suffering into blessings.; Week 4 - Meaning Reconstruction: Reflection on caregiver identities, to elicit the lessons and wisdoms learnt, and to create renewed meaning to sustain their caregiving journeys. Guided mindfulness mediation will also be professionally recorded to form a daily take-home mindfulness mediation exercise for participants, each exercise will last 10-20 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nanyang Technological University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andy HY Ho, PhD, EdD · Nanyang Technological University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-03
Primary Completion
2022-02-28
Completion
2022-02-28

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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