Reducing Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Informal Caregivers: A Group and Individual Therapy Approach
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 干预措施
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Mental Health Issue
- 发起方
- Texas Tech University
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief)
- 状态
- 招募中
- 最后更新
- 2个月前
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
详细描述
Aim 1: Examine the effects of two individual evidence-based therapies for informal caregivers of dementia patients. Aim 2: Examine the effects of a modified evidence-based group therapy for informal caregivers of dementia patients.
研究者
入排标准
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
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: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Behavior Activation
BA Increase reinforcing behaviors in order to influence emotions and cognitions.
干预措施: Behavior Activation
结局指标
主要结局
Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief)
时间窗: 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 activites.
次要结局
- Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI)(through study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Perceived Stress Scale(through study completion, an average of 6 months)