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The Effects of Mindfulness-based Breathing Therapy

NCT05187754 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2022-01-12

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Summary

Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of mindfulness-based breathing therapy on the levels of perceived stress, caregiver burden and burnout in caregivers of palliative care patients.

Background: It is extremely important to develop evidence-based strategies to protect the psychological health of caregivers, who are part of palliative care, to increase their quality of life and to facilitate their adaptation to the palliative care process.

Design: This was a prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled study. The study complied with the guidelines of Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT).

Methods: A total of 100 caregivers were randomly assigned to intervention group (n = 50) and control group (n = 50). This single-blinded randomized controlled trial was conducted at the palliative care unit of a private hospital, between May-November 2021. Personal information form, caregiver strain index (CSI), Zarit burden interview (ZBI) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were used for data collection.

Conditions

  • Palliative Supportive Care
  • Care Giving Burden

Interventions

OTHER

Mindfulness-based breathing therapy program

Participant caregivers of palliative patients were randomized into the intervention and the control groups. Prior to randomization, participants and nurses were informed online abut the aim of the research and their written consent was obtained. Once the study ended, mindfulness-based breathing therapy were recommended to the patients in the control group. Data were collected online via Google forms survey and the interviews were conducted online via Zoom.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Aydın University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-30
Primary Completion
2021-09-30
Completion
2021-11-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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