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Mentalizing Imagery Therapy for Caregivers to Address Risk of Elder Mistreatment ((MIT-CARE))

9 de junio de 2026 actualizado por: Wesley Browning, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Mentalizing Imagery Therapy for Caregivers to Address Risk of Elder Mistreatment (MIT-CARE)

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.

Descripción general del estudio

Estado

Aún no reclutando

Condiciones

Intervención / Tratamiento

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Estimado)

50

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.

Estudio Contacto

Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio

Ubicaciones de estudio

  • Estados Unidos
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos, 77030
        • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
        • Contacto:
        • Contacto:

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Niño
  • Adulto
  • Adulto Mayor

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary family ADRD caregivers
  • Recruited nationally.
  • Caring for someone aged 60 or older
  • Provide at least 8 hours of care weekly
  • Report at least mild depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥5)
  • Use a smartphone at least five days per week.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active psychosis or mania
  • A suicide attempt in the last 6 months or current suicidal intent
  • Self-reported memory or cognitive complaints
  • Unstable medical conditions or planned major surgery
  • Moderate to severe substance use disorders.

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Prevención
  • Asignación: Aleatorizado
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación cruzada
  • Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Experimental: 4 weeks of MIT followed by 4 weeks of ME with 2 weeks of washout period in between
Conductual: Mentalizing Imagery Therapy
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
Conductual: Mindfulness Exercises.
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.
Experimental: 4 weeks of ME, followed by 4 weeks of MIT with 2 weeks of washout period in between

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change in perceived stress as measured by self-reported daily stress
Periodo de tiempo: From Baseline through Week 10
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

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change in perceived stress as measured by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10
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
Change in depression as measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10
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
Periodo de tiempo: From baseline through Week 10
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
Periodo de tiempo: From baseline through Week 10
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)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10
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)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10
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
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, and Week 10
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
Periodo de tiempo: From baseline through Week 10
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

Colaboradores e Investigadores

Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.

Patrocinador

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Colaboradores

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Wesley Browning, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Estimado)

1 de agosto de 2026

Finalización primaria (Estimado)

1 de septiembre de 2027

Finalización del estudio (Estimado)

30 de junio de 2028

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

9 de junio de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

9 de junio de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

15 de junio de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

15 de junio de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

9 de junio de 2026

Última verificación

1 de junio de 2026

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Palabras clave

Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • HSC-SN-25-0900
  • 5P30AG086563-02 (Subvención/contrato del NIH de EE. UU.)

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?

NO

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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