An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Caregiver Support Program (ACT-CSP) for Family Caregivers of Patients Receiving Palliative Care: A Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 主要终点
- The Chinese version of the 13-item Caregiver Strain Index
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of the study is to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy for supporting caregiver programme (ACT-CSP) on reduction of caregiver burden, anxiety and depressive symptoms and enhancement of caregiving self-efficacy, resilience and quality of life by ACT when compared to usual care, for caregivers of palliative care patients.
详细描述
This study will employ a pilot randomized controlled trial recruiting caregivers of palliative care patients to receive either a 3-week acceptance and commitment therapy for supporting caregiver programme (ACT-CSP) plus usual care (n = 15) or usual care only (n = 15). The components of acceptance and commitment therapy process will be emphasized in the intervention programme, which include perspective taking, self-as-context and defusion (i.e. recognizing worry thoughts as thoughts only), identifying values and acceptance of present-moment experience with respect to the values, and committed action. The ACT-CSP will be delivered by a trained ACT facilitator. Participants will be followed up at Week 6 and Week 8 after recruitment to collect data for assessing the study objectives.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Aged ≥ 18;
- •Self- or patient-identified as a family caregiver of an adult patient receiving palliative care at the study site
- •Have been taking care of the patient in the past 3 months;
- •Able to communicate in Cantonese at the time of recruitment;
- •Have access to internet and videoconferencing device such as mobile phone;
- •Have caregiver burden as measured by Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) ≥ 7.
排除标准
- •Mentally incompetent (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 23),
- •Participating in regular psychosocial interventions.
研究组 & 干预措施
ACT-CSP
Three sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy.
干预措施: ACT-CSP (Behavioral)
Usual Care
Usual treatment provided at the participating site.
结局指标
主要结局
The Chinese version of the 13-item Caregiver Strain Index
时间窗: Baseline, Week 6 and Week 8
Items are rated on a yes (1) or no (0) response, with the total score ranges from 0-13 and higher scores indicating higher caregiver burden
次要结局
- The 10-item Chinese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 8)
- The Chinese version of the 18-item modified Caregiver Inventory(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 8)
- The Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4)(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 8)
- The 10-item version of the Singapore caregiver quality of life(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 8)