Trial reportBMC geriatrics2017
Individualized support for informal caregivers of people with dementia - effectiveness of the German adaptation of REACH II.
Trial report in BMC geriatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01690117 (German Adaptation of Resources to Enhance Alzheimer's Caregiver Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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German Adaptation of Resources to Enhance Alzheimer's Caregiver Health
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Interventions to Support Carers of People With Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- [How effective are non-pharmacological interventions for family caregivers? A systematic review with meta-analyses].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2025Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Multi-Component Interventions on the Positive and Negative Aspects of Well-Being among Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of mental health interventions on psychological distress for informal caregivers of people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions to support the mental health of informal caregivers of persons living with dementia - a systematic literature review.BMC geriatrics · 2021Pooled it
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- Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptance of a general practice-based supportive intervention for dementia caregivers: the AD HOC trial.European geriatric medicine · 2026Trial
- Effects of a virtual iSupport Program on carers and people with dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Trial
- Identifying Unmet Needs of Informal Dementia Caregivers in Clinical Practice: User-Centered Development of a Digital Assessment Tool.JMIR aging · 2025Trial
- Burden and care time for dementia caregivers in the LIVE@Home.Path trial.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Trial
- The Effect of the "Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2020Trial
- A culturally tailored iSupport model for dementia carers: Study protocol for a hybrid type I randomised controlled trial.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Person-Centered Health Intervention Programs Provided at Home to Older Adults with Multimorbidities and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Evaluating an evidence-based iSupport for Dementia programme in routine care services: study protocol for a hybrid type II trial.BMJ open · 2025Article
- [Effects of a One-Week Inpatient Health Programme for Family Caregivers and Persons in Need of Care (SVLFG Care Tandem) - A Quasi-Experimental Study].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2025Article
- Areaalzheimer: development of a digital platform for caregivers based on the results of a needs analysis and mixed-methods pilot evaluation process.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Interventions to Relieve the Burden on Informal Caregivers of Older People with Dementia: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Programmes Addressed to Informal Caregivers' Needs: A Systematic Literature Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundIndividualized, outreach and structured multicomponent interventions are a promising intervention approach to relieve the burden of informal caregivers of people with dementia. In this study, we adapted and evaluated a multicomponent intervention (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health II, REACH II), which was developed in the USA, to the German health-care system. Therefore the project is called the German adaptation of REACH II (in German: Deutsche Adaptation der REACH II, DE-REACH).
methodsThe effectiveness of DE-REACH was examined in a randomized, controlled trial on 92 informal caregivers of people with dementia. The intervention comprised 12 individual two-weekly sessions (9 at home with the informal caregiver and 3 via telephone) and combined five modules. The reduction of the burden of the informal caregivers was chosen as the primary outcome.
resultsThe results showed a great stabilizing effect of the intervention on caregiver burden (effect size d = 0.91), that is, comparing pre- and post-measurements the burden decreased very slightly in the intervention group whereas it increased very strongly in the control group. After a three-month follow-up period this effect decreased from a great to a moderate effect. There were also improvements as a result of the intervention in somatization, health-related psychological quality of life and the reaction of the informal caregivers in response to challenging behaviors of the relative with dementia. Moreover, the frequency of challenging behaviors of the affected person itself was reduced in favor of the intervention.
conclusionThe findings of this study provide further evidence for the impact of multicomponent support interventions for informal caregivers of people with dementia. CLINICAL
trial registrationNCT01690117 . Registered September 17, 2012.
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