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Filter by:The central aim of this study is to assess mother-infant communication via behavioral, physiological, and affective indices under conditions where distal stressors may not be directly detectable by the infant.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an aerobic training intervention will alter markers of immune cell aging, improve exercise capacity and blood pressure and decrease psychological distress over 24 weeks in 32 caregivers compared to 32 age-matched wait list control caregivers.
Background: - Caring for a loved one is often stressful. Some studies show it may affect health and emotions. Researchers want to know more about this but do not know the best way to gather data. They want to know if an online survey is a good way to gather data from caregivers of people receiving cancer treatment at the NIH Clinical Center. They want to know if there are differences among caregivers depending on the type of cancer treatment the family member or friend is receiving. They want to use this data to improve support programs for caregivers. Objectives: - To see if an online study is a good way to get data from caregivers of people with cancer. Eligibility: - Adults 18 years old and older who are taking care of a cancer patient at the NIHCC. Design: - The study period begins when the family member or friend begins a new cancer treatment and continues for 6 months afterward. - Participants will complete an online survey 3-4 times. This will include questions about caregiving, stress, emotions, and spirituality. The survey can be taken anywhere on a computer. It will take about 30 45 minutes each time. - Participants will also answer general questions about themselves and their health. This will be done over the phone with the study team. It will take 5 minutes.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of two community based interventions for parents of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) who are requesting services. The two interventions will include: 1. Support and Information Intervention - provides parents with support and information about services for their sons and daughters 2. Mindfulness Intervention - empowers parents through teaching them mindfulness skills We hypothesize that: 1. Parents in both types of interventions will report benefits (reductions in psychological distress) maintained at follow-up. 2. Parents in mindfulness intervention group will report improvements in mindful parenting, self compassion, positive gain, empowerment, and reduced burden. Parents in support and information intervention group will report improvements in empowerment, positive gain, and reduced burden. 3. Parents in mindfulness intervention group will show greater improvements by 3 months follow-up than parents in the support and information group.
The purpose of the present prospective study is the analysis of risk and protective factors of perinatal stress and psychological distress of parents with or without a preterm child. Stress is measured biologically by Cortisol levels and psychologically by a questionnaire. Different outcomes of psychological distress (e.g. anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, burnout) are measured by various questionnaires. We analyze the influence of different aspects as personality traits, social support, partnership.
The purpose of this research study is to examine whether a stress reduction intervention can improve health, mood and biological markers of cellular stress and aging in a group of chronically-stressed maternal caregivers and healthy maternal controls.
Family caregivers are vulnerable to health problems because of the stress and demands of their role as a caregiver. With the growing incidence of heart failure (HF) and the anticipated growth in the aging population, the number of HF caregivers is expected to rise. This study will pilot test a cognitive behavioral intervention designed to reduce stress among HF caregivers, which will ultimately contribute to promoting health and quality of life among HF caregivers and their loved ones with HF.
The purpose of this study is to determine the potential efficacy of real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback (RT- functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) -NF) in regulating brain activity and psychophysiological functions.
In this study the investigators plan to recruit 70 patients reporting high levels of stress to test the impact of Positive Affect Journaling. Patients randomized to use the online intervention will be asked to journal about one of seven topics, several days each week, for three months. The topics (e.g., "What went well") are designed to help the individual focus on some positive aspect of their life or themselves over the past day. Each topic is based on prompts shown to be effective in studies of up to one week in duration. In the summer of 2012, our research team pilot tested each prompt with 20 patients with high levels of anxiety, which led to important changes to the prompts, to increase their potential impact. The main aim is to understand the impact of Positive Affect Journaling on psychological distress, as measured by the National Health Interview Survey.
The aim of the PsyCo Study is to determine whether psychological Stress has an influence on copeptin levels.