Efficacy of mindfulness based stress reduction on worry and state of mindfulness on caregivers of patients with dementia: An intervention study

Pages: 238-242
Firdos Jahan (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)
Deoshree Akhouri (Department of Psychiatry, J.N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

Caregivers of any patients goes through a lot of difficulty in caring. They provide emotional support to the patients along with their proper treatment caring for patients with dementia is challenging, demanding and stressful and it negatively effect the mental and physical health of caregivers. There are very few studies have examined the effectiveness of MBSR in caregivers of dementia for improving their level of mindfulness and reducing worries. 20 patients with their caregivers were taken from Psychiatry OPD, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. They were randomly divided into 2 groups namely experimental group (n=10) and control group (n=10) only experimental group Dementia patient’s caregivers were taken for MBSR intervention. Both groups were assessed on Penn worry state questionnaire at baseline and after MBSR intervention and Toranto mindfulness scale was administered only on experimental group at pre and post. After MBSR intervention experimental group are caregivers found significantly reduction in worry in comparison to control group and experimental groups caregivers also found improvement in state of mindfulness. Results indicated that MBSR intervention significantly reduced worry and increase mindful-state among caregivers of dementia.