Aguirre, E;
Stott, J;
Charlesworth, G;
Noone, D;
Payne, J;
Patel, M;
Spector, A;
(2017)
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programme for depression in people with early stages of dementia: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study.
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
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, Article 28. 10.1186/s40814-017-0143-x.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Depression and dementia are major public health problems in the UK. Depression in early-stage dementia is very common and significantly reduces quality of life, speeds cognitive decline and increases functional impairment. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is an effective depression prevention programme, and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has suggested that MBCT is a priority for implementation. Alongside this, there is emerging evidence demonstrating promising results in relation to the benefits of adapted mindfulness interventions for people with dementia, suggesting that it could be beneficial in reducing depressive symptoms and in slowing deterioration in cognitive functions such as sustained attention, distraction inhibition and task switching. METHODS: The design is a single-blind randomised controlled feasibility trial. Participants with mild to moderate depression and early stages of dementia will be recruited from the participating memory services. Participants will receive either immediate or delayed access to an 8-week MBCT programme. Participants will be assessed by a blind assessor and complete cognitive and mood-related outcome measures before and after the intervention. This feasibility study will test the trial design and assess recruitment, retention, acceptability and adherence, as well as providing preliminary efficacy data. DISCUSSION: This study will inform the design and sample size for a future full randomised controlled trial (RCT), which will be carried out to determine the effectiveness of the intervention in reducing depressive symptoms in people with early stages of dementia. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov ISRCTN16382776.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programme for depression in people with early stages of dementia: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40814-017-0143-x |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0143-x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| Keywords: | Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Depression, Feasibility outcomes, MBCT, RCT |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1559938 |
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