An interventional study of Mindfulness in Intellectual Disability, sponsored by Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning. Completed at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-21.
Sponsored by Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The proposed study is a pre-post intervention study to investigate the acceptability and feasibility of a mindfulness based program for people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers in a low income setting in Pakistan.
In Pakistan, prevalence of intellectual disability is 19.1/1000 severe intellectual disability and 65/1000 for mild level of intellectual disability. Disability not only affects the individual but also the family in general and caretaker specifically.
Several researches proved that parents of children with disabilities experience number of problems related to parenting stress. There is a dire need to develop feasible, cost-effective, community level interventions, that would augment existing healthcare systems.
Mindfulness as a relatively new therapeutic strategy, has not been practiced as far as individuals with intellectual disability are concerned. This study aims to explore the feasibility and acceptability of mindfulness-based strategies for individuals with intellectual disability and their care takers in improving their well-being. A sample of 12 participants will be recruited from rehabilitation centers. The study will be conducted in Karachi. The group intervention will consist of twelve sessions; approx. 90-minutes per session weekly. therapy logswill be used to measure feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and the full Psychological Therapies Outcome Scale - intellectual disabilities (PTOS)-ID (psychological distress and positive well-being scales) will be used as secondary outcome measure. In addition, the positive well-being section of the PTOS-ID will also be administered at session 3 and 6 as an interim measure of well-being.
Baseline assessment will be done following the consent. Post assessments will be conducted at the end of intervention (at 3 months).
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This study's enrollment of 12 is below the median of 53 across 236 interventional studies indexed under Intellectual Disability.
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Mindfulness principles based manualized intervention will be provided to the participants which is developed by colleagues in Manchester. This intervention will be adapted to be accessible for people having intellectual disability (ID) in Pakistan.Sessions will take place once-weekly for 12 weeks including an initial orientation session. It will include breathing, soles of the feet, body scan, guided meditation, mindful stretching and walking
Behavioral: Mindfulness
A mindfulness program based on mindfulness-based principles developed by colleagues in Manchester will be adapted to be accessible for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in Pakistan. This intervention will be translated into Urdu afterwards focus group will be conducted to get the views from people with ID, thei care takers and other stake holders to adapt and culturally modify the program. It will include some mindfulness based exercises i.e.welcome \& introduction, exploring senses, its all in the mind, Mindful eating, breathing, soles of the feet, body scan, guided meditation, mindful stretching and walking.
sessions log
We aim to determine whether the mindfulness intervention would be feasible to deliver and acceptable to the participants measured through sessions log
Time frame: from start of intervention till end i.e., 12 Weeks
Psychological Therapies Outcome Scale for Intellectual Disabilities (PTOS-ID)
PTOS-D will be used to assess psychological distress and positive well being of the participants and caregivers. it is a 29 item scale with 16 questions (Measuring Psychological Distress: higher score indicates higher psychological distress) and 11 questions measuring positive well-being: higher scores indicates higher positive well-being. The other two questions: Q-12 and Q-13 does not contribute to the indexes.
Time frame: Change in scores from Baseline to 12 Weeks
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