Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03565757
Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) Intervention for Family Caregivers of Individuals With Advanced Cancer
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) Intervention for Family Caregivers of Individuals With Advanced Cancer Undergoing Outpatient Chemotherapy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 26 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study examines Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) for family caregivers (FCG) of patients receiving chemotherapy for advanced cancer to potentially help with the stressful aspects of providing care. All participants will receive the SMART intervention.
Detailed description
FCGs experience stress and extensive demands in providing care for those with head and neck cancer. Teaching the principles of mindfulness and compassion to FCGs has the potential to protect their psychological health and well-being. This may allow them to provide effective, compassionate care to patients, which ultimately puts the needs of the patient first. Mindfulness interventions have demonstrated decreased stress and anxiety, and improved self-compassion for individuals, but entail numerous sessions over several weeks, a barrier for caregivers. The SMART program, a brief mindfulness program, has demonstrated improvements in resilience, anxiety, perceived stress, and mindfulness for healthcare providers and patients.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | SMART intervention | All participants will attend a 90-minute SMART small group session. This session provides education on the stress response and the principles of gratitude, compassion, mindful presence, and resilient mindset. In addition to the class, there will be follow-up online and written resources. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-07-19
- Primary completion
- 2020-12-31
- Completion
- 2020-12-31
- First posted
- 2018-06-21
- Last updated
- 2021-04-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03565757. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.