Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2016
The effects of a multicomponent dyadic intervention on the mood, behavior, and physical health of people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04913818 (The Effects of the Buddy-Up Dyadic Physical Activity), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of the Buddy-Up Dyadic Physical Activity (BUDPA) Program on the Health Outcomes of Care Dyads of Dementia: A Pilot Feasibility Study
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of home-based, non-exercise interventions for dementia: A systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
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- Development of a home-based training program for post-ward geriatric rehabilitation patients with cognitive impairment: study protocol of a randomized-controlled trail.BMC geriatrics · 2017Trial
- Effects of social support interventions on social, physical and mental health outcomes: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Conceptualisation and operationalisation of social support in health interventions: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Physical Activity Together for Multiple Sclerosis (PAT-MS): A randomized controlled feasibility trial of a dyadic behaviour change intervention.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Therapists Delivering the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Article
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Deal with Alzheimer's Disease-From Bench to Bedside: What Feasible Options Do Already Exist Today?Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Home-based training technology for persons with dementia: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators for mobility-based training at home.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Exploring Factors Associated With Successful Nonpharmacological Interventions for People With Dementia.Dementia and neurocognitive disorders · 2022Article
- Physical Activity Together for People With Multiple Sclerosis and Their Care Partners: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dyadic Intervention.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Promoting physical activity in geriatric patients with cognitive impairment after discharge from ward-rehabilitation: a feasibility study.European journal of ageing · 2020Article
- Understanding leisure-time physical activity: Voices of people with MS who have moderate-to-severe disability and their family caregivers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018Article
- Working mechanisms of dyadic, psychosocial, activating interventions for people with dementia and informal caregivers: a qualitative study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2018Article
- Burden, resilience and coping in caregivers of patients with interstitial lung disease.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
- Factors affecting representativeness in home-based dementia activity interventions: a literature review.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)Article
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Abstract
purposeThe effects of a multicomponent dyadic intervention on the mood, behavior, and physical health of people with dementia living in the community were evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. This multicomponent dyadic intervention is a translated and adapted version of an intervention that has been shown to be effective for people with dementia in the US. PATIENTS AND
methodsPeople with dementia living in the community and their family caregivers (N=111 caregiver-care recipient dyads) were randomly assigned to the intervention and comparison group. The intervention group received home-based physical exercise training, psycho-education, communication skills training, and pleasant activities training during 3 months directed at both the person with dementia and the caregiver. Mood, behavior, and physical health were measured at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months. The effects of the study were determined by using generalized estimating equations based on an intention-to-treat analysis.
resultsAnalyses showed no beneficial effects over time on any of the outcome measures.
conclusionThis study showed no effects. The negative results in this study compared to the study that has been carried out in the US might be explained by the translation, adaptation, and shortening of the intervention used in the US, and a different social context. In addition, the results might be explained by the lack of room for improvement and by experiencing the intervention as too much of a burden. Furthermore, improving physical health might only be effective if the physical exercises are of moderate-to-high-intensity and are tailored in accordance with participants' preferences and needs. For future studies, because dyads often commented positively about the pleasure and support they received, it might also be valuable to measure quality of life outcomes such as relationship quality, pleasure, and self-esteem in dyadic focused interventions.
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