New support program aims to ease caregiver burden in bipolar families
NCT ID NCT07548359
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a structured psychiatric nursing program for family caregivers of people with bipolar disorder. The program included education, stress management, and emotional support. Researchers measured changes in caregiver burden, resilience, and emotional well-being over 12 weeks in 60 caregivers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- psychiatric nursing intervention (psychoeducation, stress management, coping strategies, emotional support)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a practical way to ease the emotional burden on family caregivers of people with bipolar disorder.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to all caregivers. It also measures short-term changes, not long-term effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult family caregivers aged 18 years or older. * Primary caregivers of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. * Providing care for at least 6 months. * Able to understand and communicate effectively. * Willing to participate and provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Caregivers with diagnosed severe psychiatric disorders. * Caregivers currently receiving structured psychological or psychiatric intervention. * Caregivers with cognitive impairment affecting participation. * Refusal to participate or inability to complete the study procedures.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University
Shibīn al Kawm, Menoufia, Egypt
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