Reducing Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Informal Caregivers: A Group and Individual Therapy Approach
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 120
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
• Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
• Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
• Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder
Locations
United States
Texas
Texas Tech University
RECRUITING
Lubbock
Contact Information
Primary
Casside Street, Ph.D
casside.street@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2285
Backup
Keith Jones, Ph.D
keith.jones@ttu.edu
(806) 834-8745
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-02-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. The heart of this work lies in becoming acquainted with the modes of mind that often characterize mood disorders while simultaneously learning to develop a new relationship to them.
Experimental: Behavior Activation
BA Increase reinforcing behaviors in order to influence emotions and cognitions.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Texas Tech University