Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Tele-Counselling

Summary

A randomized 2-group controlled trial will be conducted to explore the potential effect and potential feasibility of a new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) tele-counselling program to improve mental health services for family caregivers of persons with dementia in the province of New Brunswick in Canada. The ACT tele-counselling program was launched in January 2021 with the aim of improving access to high quality psychotherapy for family caregivers, particularly in rural areas. A target sample size of 80 participants will be recruited and randomly allocated to either the ACT program or to usual care services. Mixed methods (QUANTITATIVE + qualitative) will be used to evaluate the potential impact of the ACT program compared to usual care on participant's mental health, and to generate recommendations for the expansion and continuation of the program outside of the province.

Conditions

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Caregiver Burden
• Digital Health
• Technology
• Mental Health
• Psychotherapy
• Counselling
• Dementia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACT Intervention

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

OTHER

Usual Care

Usual Care Services

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Mount Allison University

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Ottawa

  collaborator OTHER

• McMaster University

  collaborator OTHER

• McGill University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of New Brunswick

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Pamela Durepos, PhD · University of New Brunswick

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

19 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-05-30

Primary Completion

2023-03-25

Completion

2023-03-25

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations