Caregiver Burnout Clinical Trial
Official title:
Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy for Dementia Care (MCAT-DC) - Empowering Resilience and Holistic Wellbeing for Sustaining Family Caregiving: A Waitlist Randomized Controlled Trial
Verified date | September 2020 |
Source | Nanyang Technological University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The current study builds on the empirical foundation of Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy (MCAT) to test its efficacy as a multicomponent, holistic, psycho-socio-spiritual intervention for supporting dementia family caregivers. MCAT is a group-based intervention that integrates mindfulness meditation and art therapy, with reflective awareness complementing emotional expression, to foster self-compassion and inner-resilience among professional caregivers. A wait-list RCT design is adopted to refine and extend the application of MCAT to empower self-care and resilience among 102 dementia family caregivers recruited via community-based dementia-care organizations in Singapore. The expected outcomes will advance theory and practice for sustainable dementia family caregiving in Singapore and around the globe.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 102 |
Est. completion date | February 2022 |
Est. primary completion date | February 2022 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 21 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Informal caregiver of a family member with diagnosed with dementia - Fluent in written and verbal english Exclusion Criteria: - Unable to provide informed consent - Diagnosed with major mental conditions or cognitive impairment |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Singapore | Khoo Teck Puat Hospital | Singapore | |
Singapore | Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Centre for Geriatric Medicine) | Singapore | |
Singapore | Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Department of Palliative Medicine) | Singapore |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Nanyang Technological University | Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Heart Rate Variability | Heart Rate Variability (HRV), a reliable biomarker that reflects an individual's cardiovascular stress regulation, is used to assess participants' psychophysiological well-being (Wheat & Larkin, 2010). Ithlete, a small non-invasive portable HRV measurement device, together with a smart tablet installed with the ithlete HRV App, is used for this assessment. Concisely, an Infrared Pulse Plethysmography finger sensor is attached to participants' index finger while following a series of brief breathing instruction on the screen of the smart tablet, and during this 1-2 minute exercises, data of their psychophysiological performance are collected. | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Primary | Change in scores on Caregiver Distress (HADS) from baseline | Caregiver Distress is assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), a 14-item scale that evaluates levels of anxiety and depression (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983; Snaith, 2003) | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Primary | Change in scores on Caregiver Burden (ZBI-12) from baseline | Caregiver burden is assessed by the Zarit Burden Interview-Short (ZBI-12), a 12-item self-reported questionnaire comprising of three subscales of role-strain, self-criticism, and negative emotions (Tang et al., 2016). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Secondary | Change in scores on Depressive Symptoms (PHQ-4) from baseline | Depressive symptoms is assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4), a reliable and widely used self-reported scale (Kroenke, 2009). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Secondary | Change in scores on Resilience (ER89-R) from baseline | Trait resilience is assessed by the 10-item Ego-Resilience Revised Scale (ER-89R) (Alessandri et al., 2011). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Secondary | Change in scores on Hope (HHI) from baseline | Hope is assessed by the 12-item Herth Hope Index (HHI) (Herth, 1992). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Secondary | Change in scores on Spirituality (FACIT-Sp) from baseline | Spirituality is assessed by the Peace and Meaning sub-scales (8-items) of the 'Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Wellbeing Scale' (FACIT-Sp) (Bredle et al., 2011). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Secondary | Change in scores on Support with Grief (ISS) from baseline | Perceived social support with grief is measured with a modified version of the 5-item 'Inventory of Social Support' (ISS). This scale assesses an individual's satisfaction with their social support networks (Hogan & Smidt, 2002). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. | |
Secondary | Change in scores on Quality of Life (WHOQoL-8) from baseline | The 8-item World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-8 (WHOQoL-8) is used to assess subjective quality of life (da Rocha et al., 2012). | Baseline [T1], Immediately after completion of the intervention/control protocol [T2], One month post intervention/control protocol [T3], Three months post intervention/control protocol [T4], six months post intervention/control protocol [T5]. |
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