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Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Family Caregivers

NCT06346223 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2024-04-04

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Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of a single-session mindfulness-based intervention for reducing stress and promoting psychological health in family caregivers of people with dementia. The single-session mindfulness intervention includes one 90-minute group-based session containing different mindfulness practices, psychoeducation and group sharing activities in the single-session mindfulness intervention. A self-practice tool kit with the teaching materials (e.g., recording of guided mindfulness activities) will be provided to the participants for home practice 20 minutes daily through an online platform and the participants will be told to develop the practice as a daily habit.

Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the mindfulness intervention combined with psychoeducation or psychoeducation alone. Evaluations will be conducted at baseline (0 weeks), immediately post-intervention (8 weeks), and during a follow-up assessment (6 months). Both groups will complete the same assessments at the same time-points.

Conditions

  • Caregiving Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness and psychoeducation

The single-session mindfulness intervention includes a 90-minute group-based session containing different mindfulness practices, psychoeducation and group sharing activities in the single-session mindfulness intervention. A self-practice tool kit will be provided to the participants for home practice 20 minutes daily through an online platform and the participants will be told to develop the practice as a daily habit. All of the teaching contents will be closely related to dementia caregiving and delivered by a mindfulness teacher who has received 40 hours training in dementia caregiving. A weekly mindfulness practice reminder will be sent to the participants through SMS for 8 weeks. The caregivers will also be provided with access to a social media online platform for sharing their practice experience with their classmates online. The interventionist will address their difficulties and challenges via the platform to reinforce skill mastery.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation

The caregivers in the control group will receive brief education on dementia with the same group size and of the same duration (90-minutes) as the sessions in the intervention arm. The nurse will deliver brief education (15 minutes) on dementia in the session, followed by group sharing and discussion on their daily caregiving experience. The caregivers in the control group will be provided with a toolkit with education materials about the common health problems of older adults and also be given access to a social media platform in which they can communicate and share their caregiving experiences with classmates.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health and Medical Research Fund

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-31
Primary Completion
2025-08-31
Completion
2025-08-31

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