Burden, Caregiver, Grief, Mental Health Issue
Conditions
Brief 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 when provided over telehealth.
Detailed description
Aim 1: Examine the effects of two individual evidence-based therapies for informal caregivers of dementia patients over telehealth.
Interventions
OTHERBehavioral: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Individual tele-therapy 12 to 16 weeks
OTHERBehavioral: Behavior Activation
Individual therapy 12 to 16 weeks
Sponsors
Texas Tech University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 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
Exclusion criteria
* Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient) * Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief) | [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months] | The PG-12 (range 11-55; higher scores mean higher pre-death grief), which is used to measure pre-death grief will be used to measure grief of having a loved one live with a life limiting illness and no longer be able to engage in valued activities. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) | [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months] | Informal caregivers, usually family member, have an increase in burden or feeling they are overwhelmed by their current circumstances. The ZBI is between 0-48, higher scores indicating higher burden. |
| Perceived Stress Scale | [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months] | Informal caregivers, usually family members, are unpaid and have a tendency to feel tense and emotionally drained do to caregiving. Scores range from 0-40 with higher scores indicating higher rates of stress. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTCasside Street, Ph.D.
CONTACTKeith Jones, Ph.D.
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJonathan D Singer, Ph.D.
jonsinge@ttu.edu
Outcome results
None listed