Dementia Caregivers and Contemplative Practice: A Pilot Study

NCT ID: NCT06075329

Last Updated: 2025-04-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

113 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-24

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this study is to test the contemplative practice is feasible and acceptable among informal dementia caregivers population at all stages.

Detailed Description

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It will also examine the benefits of this intervention and compare the outcomes between two groups (intervention and wait-list control).

Conditions

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Loneliness

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Contemplative Practice

Maitribodh Sambodh (MSD) is a unique form of contemplative practice which combines breath watch, mantra or vibrational sound chant, focused meditation followed by loving kindness or a gratitude exercise at the end.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contemplative Practice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Contemplative practice included Maitribodh Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD), which was designed to increase feeling of love and connection by including most of components of different contemplative practices such as breath watch, mantra or vibrational sound chant, focused meditation, and visualization followed by loving-kindness or a gratitude exercise at the end.

Waitlist Control

The arm will eventually get the intervention.

Group Type OTHER

Contemplative Practice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Contemplative practice included Maitribodh Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD), which was designed to increase feeling of love and connection by including most of components of different contemplative practices such as breath watch, mantra or vibrational sound chant, focused meditation, and visualization followed by loving-kindness or a gratitude exercise at the end.

Interventions

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Contemplative Practice

Contemplative practice included Maitribodh Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD), which was designed to increase feeling of love and connection by including most of components of different contemplative practices such as breath watch, mantra or vibrational sound chant, focused meditation, and visualization followed by loving-kindness or a gratitude exercise at the end.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Dementia Family Caregivers
* At least cared for dementia care receipient more than 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

* If they have meditated less than 2 months ago
* Cognitive or language barrier that would make it difficult to understand and sign the informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nirmala Lekhak, PhD

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nirmala Lekhak, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Locations

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University of Nevada Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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UNLV-2023-395

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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