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CompletedNCT04458870

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia

Internet-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
7 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The pilot project aims to investigate the feasibility and the preliminary efficacy of a guided online acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention for distressed family caregivers of people with dementia. A one-group pretest-posttest design (n=15) will be used to investigate the potential effects of the 10 weekly online ACT intervention session on caregivers' outcomes at posttest (10 weeks).

Detailed description

This project will employ one-group pretest-posttest design to investigate the potential impact of a guided online ACT intervention on improving quality of life and psychological health in distressed family caregivers of people with dementia. After the baseline evaluation, eligible caregivers will receive 10 weekly ACT sessions, individually delivered by a licensed professional counselor online. Each session lasts for one hour. Primary outcome measures will be psychological distress measured by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS)- 21 and care-related quality of life measured by the Care-related Quality of Life instrument (CarerQol). A one-time interview at the completion of the 10 weekly sessions will be conducted to explore caregivers' experiences in the intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALAcceptance and Commitment TherapyParticipants will receive 10 weekly individual acceptance and commitment therapy by a trained coach through zoom video-conferencing.

Timeline

Start date
2020-07-01
Primary completion
2020-11-09
Completion
2020-11-09
First posted
2020-07-07
Last updated
2020-12-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04458870. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.