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Self-Compassionate Writing for Caregivers of Older Adults

NCT06507826 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 652

Last updated 2024-07-18

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Summary

The goal of this study was to test an online writing intervention to encourage a self-compassionate mindset in family caregivers of older adults. The main aims were to answer the questions:

* Writing with self-compassion would increase self-compassion.
* Writing with self-compassion would improve mood. Researchers compared self-compassion components (self-kindness, which involves a gentle and non-judgemental approach to oneself at times of difficulty; common humanity, which includes recognising one's difficulties as part of a shared human experience; mindfulness, which includes noticing difficult feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them) to see which combinations achieved the best outcomes.

Participants wrote with different combinations of self-compassion components together, such as mindfulness and common humanity or mindfulness and self-kindness. Participants also wrote with self-kindness, common humanity, or mindfulness separately.

Conditions

  • Self-Compassion
  • Control

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Compassionate Writing for Caregivers of Older Adults

Self-compassionate writing focusing on one or more self-compassion components (mindfulness, self-kindness, common humanity).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Farah Wiita

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aileen K Ho, PhD · University of Reading

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-18
Primary Completion
2022-11-15
Completion
2022-11-15

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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