Practice of Acceptance, Awareness, and Compassion in Caregiving (PAACC): A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Based Caregiver Multicomponent Intervention
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 142
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Perceived Stress Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The Primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness based caregiver intervention, Practice of Acceptance, Awareness, and Compassion in Caregiving (PAACC) compared to an established cognitive behavior therapy based dementia caregiver intervention, Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) in improving caregiver burden and quality of life of care recipient.
详细描述
The study is a randomized controlled trial comparing a mindfulness-enhanced evidence-based caregiver skill-building intervention (PAACC) to REACH-VA to reduce caregiver burden and increase quality of life of the care recipient. For this, caregivers of persons with ADRD or TBI-AD who have moderate to severe burden will be randomly assigned to either receive PAACC or receive REACH-VA. Both the interventions will include 4 biweekly sessions delivered by trained interventionists, followed by an outcome testing session after the intervention. Outcomes of caregiver stress, health and well being will be assessed at baseline and at the end of the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Caregivers will include family members living with the individual diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease( AD) or Alzheimer's disease related dementia(ADRD) or Traumatic Brain Injury -AD(TBI-AD) with moderate to severe caregiver burden .
- •Care recipients with diagnosis of Diagnosis of AD or ADRD or TBI-related AD .
排除标准
- •Care givers: Determined to be an imminent risk to self or others,the Care recipient currently resides in a nursing home or assisted living facilities, unable to provide their own consent to participate in the study , and active substance use disorder in the last 1yr.
- •Care recipient: Determined to be an imminent risk to self or others, Caregiver is not interested in the study, unable to obtain informed consent from the Care recipient
结局指标
主要结局
Perceived Stress Scale
时间窗: 4-6 weeks
The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a 10-item self-report scale developed to measure the degree to which each participant perceives and appraises recent life events as stressful
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Mamta Sapra
Geriatric psychiatrist, MD
Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center