The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for Family or Caregivers of Children With Motor Disabilities

The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on the Psychological and Physiological Stress of Family or Caregivers of Children With Motor Disabilities Due to a Neurological Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The present study aims to investigate the effect of a mindfulness-based program on perceived stress, severity of anxiety, parents'/caregivers' quality of life and their children, cortisol and IL-6 blood concentrations.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Not having attended previously a mindfulness course
• A score equal to or greater than 23 points at the PSS.
• >18 years old
• Children <18y with motor/physical disability due to a Neurological disorder.
• Spanish/Catalan speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently using drugs or any kind of medication related to stress, depression, anxiety or sleeping pills, such as steroid medicines.
• Regular meditation practice (once a week in the past 12 months)
• Diagnose of hypertension stage 2
• Pregnancy in the case of mothers
• Present hyperthyroidism
• Primary adrenal insufficiency syndromes such as Cushing syndrome or Addison disease
• Present any kind of infection or inflammation process, different from the interestingly to the present study that could differ the results