A Study Comparing the Influence of a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program vs. Routine Management on Psychological Variables and Biological Markers Related to Immuno-inflammation Associated With Psychological Stress in Caregivers of Patients With Severe Psychiatric Disorders

NCT ID: NCT03745235

Last Updated: 2025-09-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

27 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-21

Study Completion Date

2020-02-26

Brief Summary

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The objective of this project is to study the influence of mindfulness meditation on psychological health (stress level, affects, emotions) and physical health parameters (rate of inflammatory markers in the blood, activity of white blood cells involved in immuno-inflammation) in caregivers of people with psychiatric disorders. This study will provide the objective scientific data required for the development of mindfulness meditation programs for psychiatric caregivers.

80 participants will be randomly assigned to one of the following two groups:

* 40 participants in the "Mindfulness" group who will attend mindfulness meditation sessions in addition to their standard follow-up
* 40 participants in the "Control" group who will have a standard follow-up The duration of participation is 12 months and includes 3 visits and 8 mindfulness-based meditation sessions for the "Mindfulness" group.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Psychiatry Caregivers Mindfulness

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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"Mindfulness" group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

stress reduction program based on mindfulness

Intervention Type OTHER

a two and a half hour session per week for 8 weeks

venipunctures

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

1 dry tube of 5 ml and 5 heparinized tubes of 6 ml taken at inclusion, at 3 months and at 12 months

psychometric questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

* Cohen PSS' perceived stress scale
* Beck's anxiety and depression questionnaires
* Watson's affectivity questionnaire, positive affect and negative affect schedule
* optimism questionnaire, Life Orientation Test LOT-R by Sheier and Carver
* IN-OUT DASQ dispositional affective style questionnaire

Control group

Treatment as Usual

Group Type OTHER

venipunctures

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

1 dry tube of 5 ml and 5 heparinized tubes of 6 ml taken at inclusion, at 3 months and at 12 months

psychometric questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

* Cohen PSS' perceived stress scale
* Beck's anxiety and depression questionnaires
* Watson's affectivity questionnaire, positive affect and negative affect schedule
* optimism questionnaire, Life Orientation Test LOT-R by Sheier and Carver
* IN-OUT DASQ dispositional affective style questionnaire

Interventions

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stress reduction program based on mindfulness

a two and a half hour session per week for 8 weeks

Intervention Type OTHER

venipunctures

1 dry tube of 5 ml and 5 heparinized tubes of 6 ml taken at inclusion, at 3 months and at 12 months

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

psychometric questionnaires

* Cohen PSS' perceived stress scale
* Beck's anxiety and depression questionnaires
* Watson's affectivity questionnaire, positive affect and negative affect schedule
* optimism questionnaire, Life Orientation Test LOT-R by Sheier and Carver
* IN-OUT DASQ dispositional affective style questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patient who has given oral consent
* adult patient
* a caregiver of a person with a severe psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, recurrent depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder)

Exclusion Criteria

* protected adult
* patient not affiliated to the national health insurance system
* pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman
* person suffering from a severe psychiatric disorder indicating a state of decompensated stress (with risk of associated biological inflammatory disturbances)
* person suffering from an inflammatory disease (autoimmune, infectious, neoplastic, cardio-vascular pathologies
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Chu Dijon Bourogne

Dijon, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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Chauvet-Gelinier UNAFAM 2017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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