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Psychosocial group intervention to enhance self-management skills of people with dementia and their caregivers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Remotely delivered information, training and support for informal caregivers of people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Can non-pharmacological interventions reduce hospital admissions in people with dementia? A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Psychological treatments for depression and anxiety in dementia and mild cognitive impairment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Tailored nutritional guidance for home-dwelling AD families: the Feasibility of and Elements Promoting Positive Changes in Diet (NuAD-Trial).The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2015Trial
- Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality in heterogeneous samples of older adults.European geriatric medicine · 2018Article
- Managing diabetes in people with dementia: protocol for a realist review.Systematic reviews · 2016Article
- Decreased expression of the APOA1-APOC3-APOA4 gene cluster is associated with risk of Alzheimer's disease.Drug design, development and therapy · 2015Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAfter diagnosis of a dementing illness, patients and their spouses have many concerns related to the disease and their future. This often leads to poor psychological well-being and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the family. Support for self-management skills has been proven to be an effective method to improve prognosis of asthma, heart failure and osteoarthritis. However, self-management interventions have not been studied in dementia. Therefore, our aim was to examine, in an objective-oriented group intervention, the efficacy of self-management support program (SMP) on the HRQoL of dementia patients and their spousal caregivers as well as on the sense of competence and psychological well-being of caregivers.
methodsDuring the years 2011 to 12, 160 dementia patients and their spouses will be recruited from memory clinics and randomized into two arms: 80 patients for group-based SMP sessions including topics selected by the participants, 80 patients will serve as controls in usual community care. Sessions may include topics on dementia, community services, active lifestyle and prevention for cognitive decline, spousal relationship, future planning and emotional well-being. The patients and spouses will have their separate group sessions (ten participants per group) once a week for eight weeks. Main outcome measures will be patients' HRQoL (15D) and spousal caregivers' HRQoL (RAND-36), and sense of competence (SCQ). Secondary measures will be caregivers' psychological well-being (GHQ-12) and coping resources, patients' depression, cognition and signs of frailty. Data concerning admissions to institutional care and the use and costs of health and social services will be collected during a two-year follow-up. DISCUSSION: This is a 'proof-of-concept' study to explore the efficacy of group support for self-management skills among dementia families. It will also provide data on cost-effectiveness of the intervention.
trial registrationACTRN12611001173987.
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