Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on CaregivingBurden and Psychological Flexibility in Caregivers ofElderly With Alzheimer's Disease

Background: alzheimer’s caregivers frequently report experiencing high levels of stress.objectives: this research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitmenttherapy (act) on caregiver burden and psychological flexibility in caregivers of aged patientswith alzheimer’s disease.materials & methods: this pre-test-post-test design with a three-month follow-up wasperformed on caregivers of aged alzheimer’s patients who visited the neurology clinic in thespring of 2023. following the administration of the acceptance and action questionnaire-ii andthe caregiver burden inventory (cbi) in the pre-test, a sample of 30 individuals was randomlyassigned to the experimental and control groups. the act intervention was implemented forthe experimental group over eight sessions, each lasting 90 minutes. upon completion of theintervention, participants were re-evaluated in the post-test and follow-up. data were analyzedusing chi-square, repeated measures analysis of variance, and bonferroni’s post hoc test at asignificance level of 0.05.results: there between-group comparison showed a significant difference between interventionand control group indicating improvement of all study variables in the intervention compared tothe control group. the highest difference was observed for psychological flexibility (27.281, 95%ci, 24.977%, 29.586%) followed by caregiving burden (17.87, 95% ci, 15.685%, 20.00%) frombaseline to follow-up.conclusion: act effectively reduced caregiver burden and enhanced psychological flexibilityin caregivers of aged patients with alzheimer’s disease. clinical psychologists and healthprofessionals are advised to provide better support for caregivers in their roles and promote theirmental well-being through intervention programs. by improving their mental health, they can bemore effective in assisting with the treatment process of aged patients with alzheimer’s disease.