NCT04809610

Efficacy of Attachment-based Compassion Therapy in Population With Chronic Medical Illness (CUIDA-TEC)

Effectiveness of the Internet Attachment-Based Compassion Therapy (iABCT) to Improve the Quality of Life and Well-being in a Population With Chronic Medical Illness.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Compassion-Based Interventions are increasingly relevant as a potentially beneficial way to support people with chronic medical conditions and improve different outcomes related with the management of the disease. Online interventions The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the internet version of the attachment-based compassion therapy for improving quality of life in a population with chronic medical illness.

Detailed description

Our participants will be randomized to one of the following two conditions: 1) the Internet version of the attachment-based compassion therapy, and 2) Waiting list (WL) control group. The corresponding evaluations of the outcomes will be carried out at different moments of the process: baseline, and a three- and six-month follow-up. This study will use the internet version of attachment-based compassion therapy (iABCT) for improving the quality of life in a population with chronic medical illness.

Conditions

• Chronic Medical Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet attachment-based compassion therapy (iABCT).	The iABCT is a self-applied program based on the attachment theory and the use of compassion meditations. It is composed of 8 modules that have been reformulated to be completely self-applied and include text, images, illustrations, videos, audio with guided meditations, exercises and homework. Downloadable PDF files will be made available so that users can review them offline. Each module has been optimized to have a duration of 60 and 90 minutes approximately. The entire intervention is estimated to be completed in eight weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-08
• Primary completion: 2022-06-22
• Completion: 2023-02-22
• First posted: 2021-03-22
• Last updated: 2021-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain