The Effect of Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training on Ruminative Thinking and Sleep Quality

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training

Treatments: Behavioral: Session 8: Living with the Heart; Behavioral: Session 1: How We Evolved - Threat, Impulse, and Soothing Systems; Behavioral: Session 4: Internalizing compassion; Behavioral: Session 2: Threat and Self-Compassion; Behavioral: Session 6: Growing happiness; Behavioral: Session 7: Weaving Wisdom and Compassion into Daily Life; Behavioral: Session 5: Me and others - Expanding the circle; Behavioral: Session 3: Unraveling the Knots of Desire and Patterns

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06840301

MCENGİZ4

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to evaluate the effects of Mindfulness Compassionate Living training on ruminative thinking and sleep quality in informal caregivers of patients in a palliative clinic in Turkey. The data of the study will be conducted between November 2024 and April 2025 in the Palliative Clinic of Atatürk University Health Research and Application Center located in the city center of Erzurum. The universe of the study will consist of individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 who are caregivers of patients in the palliative clinic during the specified date range. The sample size of the study was calculated using the GPower computer program. In the calculation made with the power analysis at α=0.05 level, the effect size was 150, 153 (d=0.8) and the power of the study was 90%, it was calculated that at least 68 patients should be included in the sample. Patients who meet the research criteria and agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to one experimental and one control group.An introductory information form prepared by the researcher in line with the literature, containing the socio-demographic data of patients and their caregivers in the palliative clinic, the Ruminative Thinking Style Scale to assess the general thought tendency of individuals, the Level 2 Sleep Disorder Adult Short Form (PROMIS) to assess sleep quality, the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCI-S) to assess self-compassion, and the Mindful Awareness Scale (MMIS) to assess conscious awareness will be used.

Full description

Research data will be collected face to face by the researcher. The study will be conducted with informal caregivers who meet the inclusion criteria (being a caregiver of the patient in a palliative clinic, being willing to participate in the research, being open to communication and cooperation). Pre-test measurement tools will be applied to the informal caregivers participating in the study. Then, Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training will be applied. Eight After the session application process, the final test data will be applied.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Being a caregiver of a patient in a palliative clinic,
2. Being between the ages of 18 and 45,
3. Being willing to participate in the study
4. Being open to communication and cooperation

Exclusion criteria

1. Having a psychiatric problem in the caregiver of a patient in a palliative clinic.
2. Not being open to communication and cooperation,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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59 participants in 8 patient groups

Session 1: How We Evolved - Threat, Impulse, and Soothing Systems

Experimental group

Description:

* A "breath break with kindness" is practiced. * Encourage them to think about how threat, impulse and sedative systems have developed in their own lives. * A "safe place" application is made. * "Courtesy meditation" is done.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 1: How We Evolved - Threat, Impulse, and Soothing Systems

Session 2: Threat and Self-Compassion

Experimental group

Description:

* A "breath break with kindness" is practiced. * "Building a compassionate relationship with resilience" and "kindness meditation: a benevolent" practices are made. * "A hand on your heart" and "a compassionate comrade" practices are made.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 2: Threat and Self-Compassion

Session 3: Unraveling the Knots of Desire and Patterns Agenda

Experimental group

Description:

* Talk about homework. * A "breath break with kindness" is practiced. * "Establishing a compassionate relationship with desire", "guided meditation to discover the inner pattern", "courtesy meditation: a good friend" practices are made.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 3: Unraveling the Knots of Desire and Patterns

Session 4: Internalizing compassion

Experimental group

Description:

* "Pretend-to-pretend" practice is made for participants to observe themselves. * In addition to the previous practices, the practice of "internalizing compassion" is made in order to increase their expanded mindfulness. * Courtesy meditation: a neutral person", "kindness towards your body", which is based on mindfulness practices and increases body awareness and mindful movement, is carried out. During the day, they will be informed that they should do the "walking with kindness" practice on their own.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 4: Internalizing compassion

Session 5: Me and others - Expanding the circle

Experimental group

Description:

* A "compassionate letter" application is made by asking participants to think about a situation they encountered recently or some time ago and is still causing distress. It is explained that they can gain insight with this application. * "Courtesy meditation: the 'difficult' person", "compassion and breathing: yourself" and "compassionate breathing: others" practices are made

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 5: Me and others - Expanding the circle

Session 6: Growing happiness

Experimental group

Description:

* "Revisiting the good" practice is carried out to define the five sense organs for the participants. * "Forgiveness", "Asking for forgiveness", "forgiving others", "gratitude" practices are carried out. * The practice is expanded as "kindness meditation: groups and all beings".

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 6: Growing happiness

Session 7: Weaving Wisdom and Compassion into Daily Life

Experimental group

Description:

* Participants are made to choose a day in their life and allow a few minutes to pause in a mindful way. * "A breather for wise and compassionate action", "calmness meditation" and "joy sharing meditation" practices are carried out.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 7: Weaving Wisdom and Compassion into Daily Life

Session 8: Living with the Heart

Experimental group

Description:

* The participants are told about the applications that they can apply for, where they need help to develop compassion towards self-healing skills, and the whole training is evaluated. * The "river of life" application, which evaluates mindfulness in depth, is carried out. * An overall summary of the 8-session study is made and feedback is received.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Session 8: Living with the Heart