NCT07103434 · NOT YET RECRUITING
VR-based Mindfulness for Dementia Caregivers in the Home Environment (Mind-body Interventions)
This trial is testing whether virtual reality mindfulness sessions help dementia caregivers feel less stressed, anxious, and burdened compared to audio-only mindfulness or no program at all. Ninety caregivers will be randomly assigned to one of three groups for eight weeks. This is a Phase NA pilot study — meaning researchers are first checking whether the approach is practical and acceptable before any larger test.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older; * Primary informal caregivers who spend over four hours/day taking care of a community-dwelling person who has been clinically diagnosed with any type of mild-to-moderate dementia at least 6 months; * Self-reported psychological distress * Able to speak and read Cantonese. Exclusion Criteria: Have practiced mindfulness-based intervention for at least 3 months in the past; * Have hearing or visual impairment that cannot practice mindfulness via wearing VR * glasses embedded in a mobile phone app; --Do not own a smart phone that can install the VR-based MBI app; * Caring for a person with dementia living in a residential care setting; * Caring a person with severe level of dementia; * Have been diagnosed with any mental disorder or on-site of psychotic disorders; * Receiving any other type of mental health intervention; * Participants with a history of motion sickness (due to the risk of VR triggering motion sickness) * Unable to understand Cantonese. sickness) -Unable to understand Cantonese.
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2025-08-05