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| National Science and Technology Council | FED |
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The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effectiveness of mindfulness-based VR could enhance depression, sleep quality, and overall quality of life for family caregivers providing care for people with dementia.
Participants will be ask to attend the six-week course encompassed various mindfulness practices, including breathing observation, body scanning, mindful yoga, mindful walking, holistic meditation, and non-selective awareness practices. The control group will only be given the mindfulness-based audio files for six weeks.
The inclusion criteria for participants were as follows: (1) being a family caregiver responsible for caring for a family member diagnosed with dementia by a medical institution, (2) having the ability to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese, and (3) providing informed consent to participate in the study by signing the consent form. Individuals with visual and auditory impairments were excluded from the study.
Outcome measure: basic characteristics of participants; The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; Questionnaire of Taiwan's World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Experimental Group: Mindfulness-Based VR group | Experimental | Participants will be ask to attend the six-week course encompassed various mindfulness practices, including breathing observation, body scanning, mindful yoga, mindful walking, holistic meditation, and non-selective awareness practices. |
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| Control Group: Mindfulness-based Audio Files | Placebo Comparator | The control group will only be given the mindfulness-based audio files for six weeks. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Mindfulness-Based VR | Behavioral | Participants will be ask to attend the six-week course encompassed various mindfulness practices, including breathing observation, body scanning, mindful yoga, mindful walking, holistic meditation, and non-selective awareness practices. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Depression | The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) The minimum value= 0, maximum value= 60, higher score mean higher frequency of depressive symptoms. | Baseline and six-week |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Sleep | Chinese Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (CPSQI) The minimum value= 0, maximum value= 21, higher score mean worse sleep quality. | Baseline and six-week |
| QoL | Questionnaire of Taiwan's World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version The minimum value= 4, maximum value= 20, higher score mean better quality of life. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Visual and auditory impairments were excluded from the study.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Megan F Liu, PhD | Taipei Medical University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Taipei Medical University | Taipei | 110 | Taiwan |
No plan to make individual participant data (IPD) available to other researchers.
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| ID | Term |
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| D003863 | Depression |
| D007319 | Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D020919 | Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic |
| D020920 | Dyssomnias |
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A randomized controlled trial (RCT) design was used. Participants will be ask to attend the six-week course encompassed various mindfulness practices, including breathing observation, body scanning, mindful yoga, mindful walking, holistic meditation, and non-selective awareness practices. The control group will only be given the mindfulness-based audio files for six weeks.
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| Audio | Behavioral | The mindfulness-based audio files for six weeks. |
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| Baseline and six-week |
| D012893 |
| Sleep Wake Disorders |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |