None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The level of stress experienced by caregivers is not solely determined by objective stressors, such as the difficulty of caring for patient; other subjective stressors, such as the way the caregiver evaluates the situation could also contribute to elevated stress (e.g., interpreting the situation as the 'patient is intentionally being difficult or I'm failing because the patient is not getting better'). As a result, some caregivers feel 'gain' while other caregivers feel 'strain'. These maladaptive interpretations, known as interpretation bias, partially account for the development and maintenance of mental health issues experienced by informal caregivers. Cognitive bias modification-interpretation (CBM-I) is an evidence-based digital intervention that targets interpretation bias to alleviate psychological distress. In the present project, we aim to find the preliminary effects on interpretation bias, stress, anxiety, depression and mindfulness of CBM-I for informal caregivers of dementia patients.
Interventions
Intervention is Cognitive Bias Modification for interpretation (CBM-I) a web based digital intervention. Training items follow the traditional CBM format (i.e., three short sentences depicting everyday ambiguous events), and the final word to allow missing letters. This creates a word task for participants to resolve, which is designed to encourage a positive interpretation of the scenarios in each CBM-I training item. CBM-I included 100 training items. CBM-I training delivered via Qualtrics, a
Intervention is Cognitive Bias Modification for interpretation (CBM-I) a web based digital intervention. Training items follow the traditional CBM format (i.e., three short sentences depicting everyday ambiguous events), and the final word to allow missing letters. This creates a word task for participants to resolve, which is designed to encourage a positive interpretation of the scenarios in each CBM-I training item. CBM-I included 100 training items. CBM-I training delivered via Qualtrics, an online survey platform, and participants will complete the study remotely on their own devices at home individually. This is a 1.5 hour single session intervention. The content of the intervention related to the everyday ambiguous situations that informal caregivers experience daily basis. The intervention train participants to interpret these situations in positive way by the word task presented. For example "You help your loved one through their daily routine. They start to yell at you. You think you are doing your…" Then the word presented with "b-st". They have to fill the word. Usually in Qualtrics software provide all the data on number of participants completed the intervention and how long they have taken. Therefore, adherence will calculated by the number participants who completed the study.
Sponsors
Jerry Hsu - University of Otago
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
18 years and older Provide care for a person with dementia Is voluntarily caring for the person and is a family member or a friend Devotes at least 1 hour per day for each day of the week OR a total of 7 hours per week, sustained over a period of 3 months Is fluent in English Is not currently working as professional caregivers elsewhere.
Exclusion criteria
If they are working as professional caregivers elsewhere. Currently under any other psychotherapy
Outcome results
None listed