Dementia Caregivers and Contemplative Practice: A Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 113
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Loneliness
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to test the contemplative practice is feasible and acceptable among informal dementia caregivers population at all stages.
详细描述
It will also examine the benefits of this intervention and compare the outcomes between two groups (intervention and wait-list control).
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 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Dementia Family Caregivers
- •At least cared for dementia care receipient more than 6 months
排除标准
- •If they have meditated less than 2 months ago
- •Cognitive or language barrier that would make it difficult to understand and sign the informed consent
研究组 & 干预措施
Contemplative Practice
Maitribodh Sambodh (MSD) is a unique form of contemplative practice which combines breath watch, mantra or vibrational sound chant, focused meditation followed by loving kindness or a gratitude exercise at the end.
干预措施: Contemplative Practice (Behavioral)
Waitlist Control
The arm will eventually get the intervention.
干预措施: Contemplative Practice (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Loneliness
时间窗: baseline, at 10 days and 21 days of Matribodh Sambodh Dhyaan practice (meditation), and at 30 days and 60 days follow-up.
The UCLA 3-item Loneliness scale will be used to measure loneliness. The scores on this scale range from 3 to 9, the highest scores indicative of a higher level of loneliness. The scale is called UCLA 3-item scale but UCLA is representative of University of California Los Angeles.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Nirmala Lekhak, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas