Mindfulness-based Dementia Care Partner Program to Reduce Depressive Symptoms

HealthPartners Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Dementia Caregiving

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05617300

A21-117

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of implementation of the Mindfulness Based Dementia Care (MBDC) program to reduce depressive symptoms in care partners (CPs) of people living with dementia (PLWD).

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18 years
• Self-identify as being an informal CP providing caregiving to a PLWD
• Register for an MBDC course through the Presence Care Website

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in an MBDC program.
• Does not speak and understand either English or Spanish.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 1 patient group

MBDC course

Experimental group

Description:

8 week MBDC Course including 8 weekly 2 hour classes and a retreat (4 hours). Individual classes will be held virtually via web-based video calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Dementia Caregiving