mHealth Mindfulness With Patients With Serious Illness and Their Caregivers
Piloting an mHealth-delivered Mindfulness Therapy With Patients With Serious Illness and Their Caregivers to Alleviate Symptoms of Anxiety
Who can join
Ages 21 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * adults 60+ * Diagnosis of or caregiver for individual with serious illnesses (e.g., ESRD, Cancer, CHF, COPD, Liver Disease) * Hads-A \> 8 for patient or caregiver * Blessed\<6 * fluent in English * vision and hearing does not interfere with mobile device use * caregivers who must be 21+ * caregiver must identify as primary source of informal care for patient * Caregiver blessed \<6 * caregiver is fluent in English * Caregiver's vision and hearing does not interfere with mobile device use. Exclusion Criteria: * experience with mindfulness therapy in last 2 years * not fluent in English * vision or hearing that impairs use of mobile device * cognitive impairment more than 6 on Blessed.
About the study
Older adults with serious illness and their caregivers have high rates of anxiety and limited access to effective, non-pharmacological treatments. A recent National Academy of Medicine report recommended increased emphasis on disseminating and implementing evidence-based psychotherapies in order to have maximal public health impact. Through this work, I will identify a sustainable and potentially scalable dyadic intervention and delivery model to manage symptoms of anxiety in older adults with serious illness and their caregivers in primary care.
What is being tested
- Mindfulness Coach (behavioral)
- Active Comparator (behavioral)
Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Participants: 162 · Started: Apr 26, 2022
Contact the study team
- ELISSA KOZLOV, PhD · Phone: 9147153012
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05040711
Locations in the U.S.
| New Jersey | RWJ Barnabas Outpatient Geriatric Clinics, Livingston RWJB Outpatient Geriatrics, Monroe Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.