Transformative Audio Storytelling

Istituto Auxologico Italiano21 enrolled

Overview

Pilot testing the feasibility of the Transformative Audio Storytelling approach for informal caregivers, as an innovative method for delivering potentially empowering mental health narratives.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Caregiver Burden

Interventions

Audio StorytellingBEHAVIORAL

The audio session is designed to deliver audio narrative developed following the Transformative Storytelling Technique and provide re-structurization of internal caregiver self-stories.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Informal caregiver (family members or significant other person who provides primary care for the patients visiting or being hospitalized in the Rehabilitation Ward) * Age ≥18 years * Native speaker of the Italian language * Having voluntarily agreed to participate in the study and having signed the informed consent in all its points. Exclusion Criteria: * Informal caregiver for children * Informal caregiver who does not personally play this role (primary caregiver) * Informal caregiver of adults with a tumor pathological condition

Locations (1)

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Perceived Stress Scale

The PSS is a questionnaire consisting of 10 items, on a 5-step Likert scale, ranging from 0, "Never" to 4, "Very Often". A total score of the 10 items provides a general measure of perceived stress. PPS items rate thoughts and feelings about the past month.