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Effect of Integrated Schema Therapy and Mindfulness on Improving Psychological Symptoms in Caregiving Patients with Dementia

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Integrated Schema Therapy and Mindfulness, Emotion Efficacy Therapy and Caregiver base Mindfulness Therapy on Entrapment, Guilt, Burden, Compassion Fatigue and Sense of Competence in Caregiving Patients with Dementia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20220127053841N1
Enrollment
72
Registered
2022-04-18
Start date
2022-05-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-05-02

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Conditions

Dementia. Unspecified dementia

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group1:Intervention (package therapy) mindfulness and schema therapy (van Vreeswijk,M.,Broersen,J.,&Schurink (2014) This program has 8 training sessions and two

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Possible diagnosis of patients (recipients of care) with the diagnosis of a specialist doctor, or a short mental state test, which indicates moderate or severe cognitive impairment of patients At least one restriction on the activities of daily living, or at least two dependencies on the instrumental activities of the patients's daily life Being 30 years old and older Taking care of a relative with dementia for at least 6 months, at least four hours a day Not being under psychiatric and psychological treatments Achieving a moderate to high level of depression, anxiety and stress in the DOS questionnaire (25-40)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having two sessions of absence in the intervention process Having cognitive, physical, sensory or language barriers that may prevent participation in the study Receiving psychological treatment Having previous experience in the therapies used in the research Age less than 30 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Entrapment is a special type of thinking and feeling that refers to trapping or trapping a person in a situation that he wants to avoid. Entrapment as a forced cessation of human activity and the inability of the individual to escape from the situation. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, after the intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Gilbert and Allen Entrapment(Failure)Questionnaire.;Guilty score in the questionnaire of Losada et al., Which includes ?guilt about doing wrong by the care recipient,guilt about not rising to the occasion as caregivers, guilt about self-care, guilt about neglecting other relatives,and guilt about having negative feelings towards other people. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, after the intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: The CaregiverGuilt Questionnaire of Losada et al(2010).;The burden of care includes personal, social, emotional and economic pressures. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, after the intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Caregiver's burden questionnaire.;Compassion fatigue ("compassionate" "a state of fatigue and dysfunction (biological, psychological, and social) that results from prolonged exposure to the stress of compassion"; Caregivers are exposed to the suffering of their patients or are too emotional. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, after the intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Vocational life quality Stam.;A sense of competence expresses caregivers' feelings about their ability to care for a patient. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, after the intervention and three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Sense of competence questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactNahid Ramezani

Islamic Azad University

mnahidramezanii@yahoo.com+98 31 3629 1196

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026