Dementia Caregivers and Contemplative Practice: A Pilot Study

Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Loneliness

Treatments: Behavioral: Contemplative Practice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06075329

UNLV-2023-395

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to test the contemplative practice is feasible and acceptable among informal dementia caregivers population at all stages.

Full description

It will also examine the benefits of this intervention and compare the outcomes between two groups (intervention and wait-list control).

Enrollment: 113 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dementia Family Caregivers
• At least cared for dementia care receipient more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• If they have meditated less than 2 months ago
• Cognitive or language barrier that would make it difficult to understand and sign the informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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113 participants in 2 patient groups

Contemplative Practice

Experimental group

Description:

Maitribodh Sambodh (MSD) is a unique form of contemplative practice which combines breath watch, mantra or vibrational sound chant, focused meditation followed by loving kindness or a gratitude exercise at the end.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Contemplative Practice

Waitlist Control

Other group

Description:

The arm will eventually get the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Contemplative Practice