Clinical trial · Interventional
Decrease Caregiving Fatigue in Group Leaders of a Support Group for Women After Cancer
A Randomized, Controlled Trial to Increase Self-compassion and Decrease Caregiving Fatigue in Group Leaders of a Support Group for Women After Cancer (GLOW) - an Adaption of the Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Healthcare Communities
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This exploratory study aims to evaluate the effect of a self-compassion training developed for health professionals on leaders of self-help groups. Hypothesis/primary goal: An online group intervention adapted from the "Self-compassion for health-care communities program" validated for health professionals leads to an increase in self-compassion among leaders of cancer self-help groups. Secondary goals: level of self-compassion at the end of the course as a mediator for therapeutic variables after 6 weeks, decrease in caregiver fatigue, secondary traumatic stress/burnout risk, personal distress and sick leave, decrease in fears of self-compassion/compassion for others; increase in mindfulness, self-efficacy, compassion for others and resilience; direct costs; safety; Intervention: Online group intervention: led by a certified mindfulness teacher for Mindful Self-Compassion and additional qualification in Self-Compassion in Healthcare Communities (duration: 6 weekly appointments of 90 min each); control intervention: waiting group
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver Burden | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-compassion training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Self-compassion training
- description
- Online group intervention: led by a certified mindfulness teacher for mindful self-compassion and additional qualification in self-compassion in healthcare communities (duration: 6 weekly appointments of 90 min each);
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Self-compassion training
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- waiting list control
- description
- waiting list control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- self-compassion as assessed by Self-compassion scale in german version (SCS-D)
- timeFrame
- 6 weeks after baseline
- description
- Determining self-compassion after the intervention by means of a confirmatory test for group differences in the primary endpoint according to the ITT principle using a linear regression model; instrument: SCS-D
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Group leaders of a self-help group for cancer patients * written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Medical or mental condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, does not allow the participant to take part in the study or to provide a legally valid signature of the informed consent (e.g. insufficiently controlled pre-existing mental illness or post-traumatic stress disorder) * Lack of willingness to store and share personal health data as part of the protocol * Participation in another mindfulness study * Lack of knowledge of German
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