The Effect of Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training on Ruminative Thinking and Sleep Quality

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Completed

• Conditions: Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training

• Registration Number: NCT06840301
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk University

Brief Summary

This study was planned to evaluate the effects of Mindfulness Compassionate Living training on ruminative thinking and sleep quality in informal caregivers of patients in a palliative clinic in Turkey. The data of the study will be conducted between November 2024 and April 2025 in the Palliative Clinic of Atatürk University Health Research and Application Center located in the city center of Erzurum. The universe of the study will consist of individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 who are caregivers of patients in the palliative clinic during the specified date range. The sample size of the study was calculated using the GPower computer program. In the calculation made with the power analysis at α=0.05 level, the effect size was 150, 153 (d=0.8) and the power of the study was 90%, it was calculated that at least 68 patients should be included in the sample. Patients who meet the research criteria and agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to one experimental and one control group.An introductory information form prepared by the researcher in line with the literature, containing the socio-demographic data of patients and their caregivers in the palliative clinic, the Ruminative Thinking Style Scale to assess the general thought tendency of individuals, the Level 2 Sleep Disorder Adult Short Form (PROMIS) to assess sleep quality, the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCI-S) to assess self-compassion, and the Mindful Awareness Scale (MMIS) to assess conscious awareness will be used.

Detailed Description

Research data will be collected face to face by the researcher. The study will be conducted with informal caregivers who meet the inclusion criteria (being a caregiver of the patient in a palliative clinic, being willing to participate in the research, being open to communication and cooperation). Pre-test measurement tools will be applied to the informal caregivers participating in the study. Then, Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training will be applied. Eight After the session application process, the final test data will be applied.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-11-30
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-20
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Study Completion: 2025-02-18
• Study First Submitted: 2025-02-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-02-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-18
• Study First Posted: 2025-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 59

Inclusion Criteria

1. Being a caregiver of a patient in a palliative clinic,
2. Being between the ages of 18 and 45,
3. Being willing to participate in the study
4. Being open to communication and cooperation

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having a psychiatric problem in the caregiver of a patient in a palliative clinic.
2. Not being open to communication and cooperation,

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Introductory Information Form	up to 1 day	The form consists of 16 questions prepared by the researcher within the scope of the literature, including information about the patient and caregiver in the palliative clinic. The created form includes questions covering the caregiver's age, gender, place of residence, education status, social security, marital status, profession and the process in which he/she provided care to the patient.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ruminative Thinking Style Scale	up to 1 day	The scale developed by Brinker and Dozois ignores the individual's current feelings and moods and tries to understand the general tendency of thought. This scale can also be used in other pathological conditions. The Ruminative Thinking Style Scale has a 7-point Likert-type scoring system ranging from 1 to 7, with 1 being "not descriptive at all" and 7 being "describes me very well". In this scale, participants indicate to what extent the statements in the scale reflect themselves by scoring options from 1 to 7. The Turkish version of this scale was carried out in our country by Karatepe, Yavuz and Türkcan; the Cronbach Alpha coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.90.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ataturk University Faculty of Nursing; 🇹🇷 Erzurum, Yakutiye, Turkey