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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| 5P30AG086563-02 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | NIH |
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The purpose of this study is to establish the clinical efficacy of Mentalizing Imagery Therapy (MIT) for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) family caregivers in terms of mentalizing and elder mistreatment (EM) risk factors of stress, depression, and suicidality and to identify the mechanistic impacts of MIT on ADRD family caregivers' mental health,including stress, depression, and suicidality.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| 4 weeks of MIT followed by 4 weeks of ME with 2 weeks of washout period in between | Experimental |
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| 4 weeks of ME, followed by 4 weeks of MIT with 2 weeks of washout period in between | Experimental |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Mentalizing Imagery Therapy | Behavioral | MIT is a 4-week, app-delivered behavioral program integrating guided imagery, mindfulness, and perspective-taking practices designed to enhance mentalizing, emotion regulation, and self compassion. MIT is reinforced by weekly 90-minute virtual group sessions |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in perceived stress as measured by self-reported daily stress | This is scored on a scale from 0-10, with 0 indicating no stress, and 10 indicating the day was extremely stressful | From Baseline through Week 10 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in perceived stress as measured by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) | The PSS is a 10-item psychological instrument measuring the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. Items are scored from 0-4, with total scores ranging from 0-40. Higher scores indicate greater perceived stress. | Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10 |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Wesley Browning, PhD | Contact | 256.270.5286 | wesley.r.browning@uth.tmc.edu | |
| Asha Jacob | Contact | (713) 500-2187 | Asha.P.Jacob@uth.tmc.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Wesley Browning, PhD | The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston | Texas | 77030 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000092862 | Psychological Well-Being |
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| D010549 | Personal Satisfaction |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Mindfulness Exercises. | Behavioral | Mindfulness exercises (ME) is a 4-week, app-delivered program featuring daily self-guided mindfulness practices and reflective exercises aimed at reducing depression and stress.ME is self-guided and does not include group sessions. |
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| Change in depression as measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) | PHQ-9 is a 9-item self-report measure used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms . Each item is scored from 0 ("Not at all") to 3 ("Nearly every day"), resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 27. Higher scores indicate greater depressive symptom severity. | Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10 |
| Depression as measured by self-rated daily depression severity | this will be reported as the number of times participant felt feel depressed, sad, or hopeless each day | From baseline through Week 10 |
| Suicidality as measured by self-reported daily suicidality | this will be reported as the number of times participant felt they would be better off dead or thinking about hurting themselves each day | From baseline through Week 10 |
| Change in Mentalization as Measured by the Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ) | This is a 15 item questionnaire and each is scored on a 5-point Likert scale for a score range from 15-75. Higher scores often indicate greater mentalizing deficits | Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10 |
| Change in Mindfulness as Measured by the Mindfulness Subscale of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) | The subscale consists of 4 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 ("Almost Never") to 5 ("Almost Always"). Scores are calculated as the mean of the item responses, with higher scores indicating greater mindfulness. | Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10 |
| Change in Self-compassion as measured by the Self-Compassion Scale | This has 26 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 ("Almost Never") to 5 ("Almost Always"). Scores are calculated by averaging item responses after reverse-scoring negatively worded items. Total scores range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater self-compassion | Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10 |
| Emotion Regulation as measured by self-reported daily emotion regulation | This will be reported as number of times participant felt angry or anxious and how often they lost control over their behaviors each day | From baseline through Week 10 |