NCT03881631

Improving Well-Being for Older Adult Family Dementia Caregivers

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 142 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rochester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will examine the effects of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program and the Living Well program, compared to a control group, to see if the programs might be associated with better immune function (response to current influenza vaccine), physical and emotional health, and well-being.

Detailed description

A considerable literature documents that a wide variety of psychosocial interventions can lessen the psychological burden of family or spousal dementia caregiving. Some caregiver intervention studies have included measures of self-reported physical health and sleep, and others have focused on improving inflammation in caregivers. The current study will add to this literature by examining the effects of two behavioral interventions on adaptive immune responses, particularly, antibody response to influenza vaccination, in older adult family caregivers.

Conditions

• Stress, Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program	Group-based intervention
BEHAVIORAL	Living Well Program	Group-based intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-18
• Primary completion: 2023-05-03
• Completion: 2023-05-03
• First posted: 2019-03-19
• Last updated: 2023-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States