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Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Self-Help for Carers of People With Multiple Sclerosis

NCT03077971 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2017-11-27

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Summary

This is a feasibility study to evaluate whether it is possible to conduct a larger study to evaluate whether providing psychological support to carers of people with MS is effective in reducing carer strain. Whilst not all carers experience distress as a result of their caring duties, some do. This study is testing the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in a self-help format. Participants will learn about and use ACT by reading a book provided to them by the study. One group will receive the ACT book, another will receive the same book alongside weekly telephone support to use the book, and a third group will act as a control group and therefore will not have extra support. Participants are allocated to the groups based on chance (a computer will decide group allocation). Participants will complete questionnaires before group allocation, and then again 3 months after they were allocated to a group, and one final time 6 months after group allocation. Those who receive the self-help book will get sent chapters each week for 8 weeks. The groups will be compared on scores from the questionnaires and complete feedback interviews with a subgroup of those who receive the book, to gain feedback about their experiences of the study.

Conditions

  • Carer Stress Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACT Self-Help

Self-Help Intervention Workbook using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach

BEHAVIORAL

ACT Self-Help with Telephone Support

Self-Help Intervention Workbook using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach alongside weekly telephone support calls

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nottingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roshan dasNair · University of Nottingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-01
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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