WithdrawnNot Applicable

ACT-CSP for Family Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients

Stopped: The end of the funding to the project on 30 April 2024.

0Started 2024-03

Plain-language summary

The goal of the study is to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy for supporting caregiver programme (ACT-CSP) on reduction of caregiver burden, anxiety and depressive symptoms and enhancement of caregiving self-efficacy, resilience and quality of life by ACT when compared to usual care, for caregivers of palliative care patients.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged ≥ 18; * Self- or patient-identified as a family caregiver of an adult patient receiving palliative care at the study site * Have been taking care of the patient in the past 3 months; * Able to communicate in Cantonese at the time of recruitment; * Have access to internet and videoconferencing device such as mobile phone; * Have caregiver burden as measured by Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) ≥ 7. Exclusion Criteria: * Mentally incompetent (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) \< 23), * Participating in regular psychosocial interventions.

What they're measuring

The Chinese version of the 13-item Caregiver Strain Index

Timeframe: Baseline, Week 6 and Week 8

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06221189

SponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-09

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