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Telehealth for Mental Health in Dementia Caregivers

This study is exploring if telehealth (therapy delivered remotely, like over video calls) can help reduce mental health issues, grief, and burden in family caregivers of people with dementia. Researchers are testing two different types of individual therapy: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Behavior Activation. Both therapies will be given over 12 to 16 weeks. You might be able to join if you are an informal caregiver (like a spouse, child, or close friend) of someone with dementia, are between 18 and 89 years old, speak and read English, and have a mental health diagnosis. The main goal is to see if these therapies can reduce prolonged grief before the person with dementia passes away, measured over an average of 6 months. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 60 participants.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 60 participants. It is testing two different behavioral therapies delivered individually via telehealth.
What's involved
You would participate in individual tele-therapy sessions for 12 to 16 weeks.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your prolonged grief will be measured through study completion, an average of 6 months.

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NCT05696704

Telehealth to Reduce Mental Health in Family Caregivers

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
Texas Tech University
~60 participants
Updated 2026-05-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Cognitive TherapyBehavioral: Behavior Activation

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief)
Measured over [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]

Conditions

Mental Health Issue
Grief
Burden, Caregiver

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Texas1

Study leadership

Who to contact

Casside Street, Ph.D.
[email protected]
(806) 834-2285
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder

Exclusion

Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient)
Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.

What this trial measures

  • Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief)[Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]

    The PG-12 (range 11-55; higher scores mean higher pre-death grief), which is used to measure pre-death grief will be used to measure grief of having a loved one live with a life limiting illness and no longer be able to engage in valued activities.