ArticleAging & mental health2022
Internet-delivered guided self-help acceptance and commitment therapy for family carers of people with dementia (iACT4CARERS): a feasibility study.
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- Videoconference-Delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- The feasibility and preliminary effects of a pilot randomized controlled trial: Videoconferencing acceptance and commitment therapy in distressed family caregivers of people with dementia.Journal of health psychology · 2023Trial
- Clinical effectiveness of internet-delivered self-help Aacceptance and Commitment Therapy for family carers of people with dementia (iACT4CARERS): a multicentre, parallel, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Adapting a Dutch Web-Based Intervention to Support Family Caregivers of People With Dementia in the UK Context: Accelerated Experience-Based Co-Design.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- A Web-Based Intervention Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Does Avoiding Distressing Thoughts and Feelings Influence the Relationship between Carer Subjective Burden and Anxiety Symptoms in Family Carers of People with Dementia?Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Recruitment, retention, and adherence of family caregivers: Lessons from a multisite trial.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2023Article
- Family Carers of People with Dementia in Japan, Spain, and the UK: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Relationships between Experiential Avoidance, Cognitive Fusion, and Carer Depression.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2023Article
- Adaptation of ACTivate Your Wellbeing, a Digital Health and Well-being Program for Young Persons: Co-design Approach.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Internet-delivered guided self-help Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for family carers of people with dementia (iACT4CARERS): a qualitative study of carer views and acceptability.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe feasibility of research into internet-delivered guided self-help Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for family carers of people with dementia is not known. This study assessed this in an uncontrolled feasibility study.
methodFamily carers of people with dementia with mild to moderate anxiety or depression were recruited from primary and secondary healthcare services in the UK. Participants were offered eight, guided, self-help online ACT sessions adapted for the needs of family carers of people with dementia with optional online peer support groups. Pre-defined primary indicators of success included recruitment of 30 eligible carers over 6 months and ≥70% completing at least two online sessions.
resultsThirty-three participants (110% of the target sample) were recruited over 6 months and 30 participants (91%) completed two or more sessions, and thus both indicators of success were met. Further, 70% of participants completed seven or all eight sessions, and 27% of participants were lost to follow-up, but none of the reasons for early withdrawal were related to the intervention.
conclusionThis study supports the feasibility, including recruitment and treatment completion. A full-scale trial to assess the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the intervention including its long-term effects is warranted.
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