Utilizing Telehealth to Reduce Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Family Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief)
研究概览
简要总结
The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia when provided over telehealth.
详细描述
Aim 1: Examine the effects of two individual evidence-based therapies for informal caregivers of dementia patients over telehealth.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 120 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
- •Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
- •Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
- •Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder
排除标准
- •Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient)
- •Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.
研究组 & 干预措施
Behavior Activation
BA Increase reinforcing behaviors in order to influence emotions and cognitions.
干预措施: Behavioral: Behavior Activation (Other)
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. The heart of this work lies in becoming acquainted with the modes of mind that often characterize mood disorders while simultaneously learning to develop a new relationship to them.
干预措施: Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief)
时间窗: [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]
The PG-12 (range 11-55; higher scores mean higher pre-death grief), which is used to measure pre-death grief will be used to measure grief of having a loved one live with a life limiting illness and no longer be able to engage in valued activities.
次要结局
- Perceived Stress Scale([Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months])
- Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI)([Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months])