Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction With Older Adults Living With Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care.

Phase

N/A

Condition

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Dementia

Memory Loss

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT03867474

2017-0056-E

Ages > 60
All Genders
Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

People living with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) experience less efficiency in performing complex everyday tasks, which may result in a general sense of discontentment and decreased satisfaction with their overall functional performance. Additionally, SCD and MCI have been associated with concomitant anxiety, depressive mood, perceived stress, a decrease in emotional well-being and quality-of-life (QoL) among community-dwelling older adults. These concomitant psychosocial issues may result in emotional distress which further exacerbates cognitive decline.

At the present time, there is a lack of evidence that supports pharmacologic interventions to ameliorate concomitant psychosocial issues with this particular population due to medication side-effects, drug-drug interaction and polypharmacy. Consequently, exploring alternative non-pharmacological interventions to assist in ameliorating psychosocial issues is an important consideration. Secondly, evaluating perceived satisfaction on functional performance with those living with SCD and MCI, and assessing interventions that may support this is also worthwhile to pursue. Primary care providers are often the first point of contact when older adults and their families become concerned about memory problems. Health care professionals, on an interdisciplinary Family Health Team (FHT), such as occupational therapists, are well-positioned to holistically address both the psychosocial and functional needs in a client/family centred way with this growing population in primary care. The study proposes to offer a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which is an 8-week program that has been shown to be beneficial in alleviating emotional distress among adults living with physical and psychological issues in the general population.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

age ≥ 60 years
English fluency
living independently in the community
self-reported demographic information that includes either the label of SCD or MCI

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

history of prior participation in any MBSR or other mindfulness-based interventions,or participation in regular (weekly) mindfulness or yoga practice
low mood as indicated by a 5 or greater on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
alcoholism and/or other substance abuse defined in the Diagnostic and StatisticalManual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) of 23 (+/- 4) or under; and
if participating in other concurrent group(s) e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)or memory training programs in the community, while in the study.

Study Design

October 03, 2019

August 31, 2020

Study Description

Purpose: The overarching purpose of this study is to determine whether MBSR is appropriate for a larger clinical trial. AIM 1: To explore the feasibility of conducting a randomized control trial (RCT) of an occupational therapist-led, 8-week MBSR program in an interprofessional primary care setting, with the following objectives: 1a. To assess participant recruitment, intervention adherence, and study retention, 1b. To explore the acceptability of delivering technology-based tablets (iPads) for intervention, and data collection in the MBSR program and 1c. To explore the perspectives of participants and healthcare providers with respect to satisfaction (e.g. the intervention and its delivery), perceived value, barriers to and facilitators of acceptability of this 8-week MBSR program in primary care.

AIM 2: To evaluate the impact of MBSR on satisfaction with functional performance and psychosocial outcomes in individuals with SCD or MCI with the following objectives: 2a. To determine the effect sizes of satisfaction with functional performance and psychosocial outcomes Methods: A convergent mixed-methods, feasibility randomized control trial will be used. Participants will be randomized into an 8-week intervention or control group (usual care) and these groups will be compared at three different time points. Initially, data analysis will involve collecting and analyzing the quantitative and qualitative strands separately. Both qualitative and quantitative data will then be merged for comparative analysis to best understand both the feasibility of a larger clinical trial and to explore preliminary clinical outcomes from the study.

Significance: The results gained from this study will help to determine the feasibility of pursuing a future fully powered trial. Ultimately, this line of research will determine if there are potential benefits of MBSR in improving perceived satisfaction of functional performance and alleviating concomitant psychosocial issues that is associated with those living with SCD and MCI.

Connect with a study center

Women's College Hospital
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2
Canada
Site Not Available
Womens College Hospital, Family Health Team
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2V6
Canada
Active - Recruiting

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