NCT06271824

Self-Compassion to Enhance the Well-Being of Caregivers of Children With Physical Disabilities

Developing and Piloting a Tailored Self-Compassion Program to Enhance the Well-Being of Informal Caregivers of Children With Physical Disabilities

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary social/emotional well-being outcomes of a tailored, online self-compassion-based resilience course for caregivers of children with physical disabilities. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is the online resilience course feasible and acceptable to caregivers of children with physical disabilities? 2. Is participation in the resilience course associated with improvements in caregiver stress, anxiety, depression, burden, caregiver uplifts, self-compassion, emotion regulation and/or resilience? Participants will complete a screening, a verbal consent process and an electronic pre-course survey. Then, they will participate in a 6-session weekly online course with other caregivers and led by a certified Mindful Self-Compassion instructor. The course has been created with feedback from caregivers and includes skills for recognizing and coping with difficult emotions while connecting with others who have similar caregiving experiences. After the course, participants will repeat the electronic survey and will provide feedback on the course during a live, online feedback session.

Conditions

• Stress
• Caregiver Burden
• Anxiety
• Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-Compassion Based Resilient Caregiving Course	The Resilience Habits for Caregivers Course is a live, online, weekly 6 session program lasting 1.5 hours per session. The structure contains didactics, group discussions, guided exercises, and practices facilitated by a certified self-compassion instructor. Topics covered include: (1) noticing and accepting emotions (including conflicting emotions); (2) cultivating curiosity and self-compassion; (3) relating skillfully to difficult thoughts; (4) savoring and gratitude practices.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-21
• Primary completion: 2024-06-03
• Completion: 2024-06-07
• First posted: 2024-02-22
• Last updated: 2024-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States