NCT04058886

Telephone-delivered Mindfulness Intervention for African American Dementia Caregivers

Easing the Burden of Dementia Caregiving: A Telephone-delivered Mindfulness Intervention for Rural, African American Families

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is assesses the feasibility and acceptability of telephone-delivered mindfulness training designed to alleviate caregiver burden for African-American rural caregivers of individuals with moderate to severe dementia, as defined by the caregiver. The study utilizes a single-group, uncontrolled design to test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention for the target population.

Detailed description

Mindfulness interventions can decrease caregiver burden and improve coping skills, including decreased emotion-based coping, increased tolerance for uncertainty, improved psychological well-being and quality of life while potentially improving relationship quality and communication. This study utilizes a single-group, uncontrolled design to assess the feasibility and acceptability of telephone-delivered mindfulness training designed to alleviate caregiver burden for African-American rural caregivers of individuals with moderate to severe dementia, as defined by the caregiver. The telephone-delivered mindfulness intervention will improve geographical access for rural caregivers and deem more flexible for a caregiver's schedule. The study's intervention consists of mindfulness training delivered by telephone once weekly for 8 weeks. The intervention also includes one retreat for which respite care will be provided, if needed. The intervention, based on, Kabat-Zinn's mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), will emphasize the following: 1) mindful experiencing, including mindfulness of feelings and body sensations; 2) mindful communication, including non-verbal mindfulness, mindful listening, and mindful speaking; and 3) mindful compassion for self and others.

Conditions

• Alzheimer Dementia
• Caregiver
• Dementia Alzheimers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone-delivered Mindfulness	The telephone-delivered mindfulness training intervention that will incorporate the following elements: 1) training for primary caregivers (CG) and their caregiving partner (CP) in a telephone-based mindfulness training intervention; 2) groups of up to eight participants (four CG-CP pairs) plus an instructor, on a shared telephone line; and 3) training in a 8-week, modified MBSR program, which places additional emphasis on training in the following: a) mindful experiencing, including mindfulness of feelings and body sensations; b) mindful communication, including non-verbal mindfulness, mindful listening, and mindful speaking; and c) mindful compassion for self and others. Additionally, homework assignments will involve listening to exercises on a dial-in telephone line; and assignments for CG-CP dyads (e.g. mindful listening and communication practices) as well as CG mindfulness practices in the presence of care recipients (e.g. mindful eating, and mindful listening).

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-11-15
• Primary completion: 2022-07-04
• Completion: 2022-07-06
• First posted: 2019-08-16
• Last updated: 2023-07-19
• Results posted: 2023-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States