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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Dementia Caregivers

NCT04977245 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2022-04-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aims: The study will contribute to our understanding of how the cultivation of caregiver mindfulness might improve their overall relational well-being (Primary Outcome), their psychological well-being (Secondary Outcome), and have an impact on dementia patients' lifestyles (Other Outcome). Overall, this study will investigate the idea that the fruits of mindfulness training can be leveraged by both the caregiver and the care-recipient, improving the quality of relationship by making their interactions more mutual, connected, empathic and positive. This study aims to additionally elucidate which facets of mindfulness account for caregiver's happiness and psychological well-being.

Sample: In this study 40 dementia caregivers will be recruited to participate; 20 will be allocated to the clinical intervention group (i.e., adapted MBSR for caregivers) and 20 to the active control group. Data will be collected pre-post the start of intervention, and at a 3 month follow up.

Future orientation: This study may contribute to evidence-based knowledge concerning the efficacy of mindfulness based interventions to support caregiver empowerment, via regaining relationship satisfaction and achieving greater equanimity in the face of stressors.

Conditions

  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
  • Caregiver Burnout
  • Caregiver Stress Syndrome
  • Dementia
  • Dementia Frontal
  • Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Interventions

OTHER

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Eight MBSR sessions of 1.5 hours per week

OTHER

Self-Guided Mindfulness eCourse

Six weeks of a mindfulness ecourse, and two weeks of coping skills training led by a licensed neuropsychologist

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine P Rankin, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-12
Primary Completion
2022-04-04
Completion
2022-04-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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