ArticleInternational journal of geriatric psychiatry2019
Problem-solving therapy reduces subjective burden levels in caregivers of family members with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.
Article in International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04748666 (Problem Solving Training), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Problem Solving Training (PST) for English- and Spanish-speaking Care Partners of Adults With Alzheimer's and Alzheimer'S-related Dementia
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- An examination and proposed definitions of family members' grief prior to the death of individuals with a life-limiting illness: A systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Video Games on Cognitive Performance and Problem-Solving Ability in the Aged with Cognitive Dysfunction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2025Trial
- Problem-solving training to improve caregiver burden and depressive symptoms among dementia caregivers: personal and clinical factors of responders vs. non-responders.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Nurse Telephone Support for Caregivers of Older Adults at Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Needs, resources, and barriers among family caregivers of people with dementia: a qualitative study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- Three versus six sessions of problem-solving training with or without boosters for care partners of adults with dementia (CaDeS): a randomised controlled optimization trial.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- End-of-life issues in older adults: Emotional and social factors that shape end-of-life experiences.Advances in psychiatry and behavioral health · 2025Article
- Developing and Testing a Two-Part Intervention: Enhancing Dementia Instruction and Tool in Home Hospice Care.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Dementia-Related Communication Barriers in Clinical Practice in South India.Cureus · 2025Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of a videoconference-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for caregivers of individuals living with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- What works to support carers of older people and older carers? an international evidence map of interventions and outcomes.BMC geriatrics · 2024Review
- The RESCUE problem solving intervention for stroke caregivers: A mixed-methods pilot study.Rehabilitation psychology · 2022Article
- Applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a holistic caregiver-centric hospital-to-home programme: a feasibility study on Carer Matters.BMC health services research · 2022Observational
- Bilingual problem-solving training for caregivers of adults with dementia: A randomized, factorial-design protocol for the CaDeS trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesInterventions addressing burden have limited impact among long-term family caregivers. We examined whether problem-solving therapy (PST) would reduce burden levels of caregivers of individuals diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early-stage dementia (AD).
methodsCaregivers (N = 73) randomly received PST or nutritional training (NT). Burden measures were assessed over 1-year post-intervention.
resultsRelative to NT, caregivers receiving PST endorsed improved perceived burden levels over time, regardless of the type of caregiver. Distress over the care recipient's dementia-related behaviors remained low over time among MCI caregivers receiving PST, while these burden levels among MCI caregivers receiving NT rose over time. AD caregivers receiving PST endorsed reductions in these burden levels over time, while AD caregivers in the NT group endorsed higher burden levels over time.
conclusionPST, taught early in the caregiving trajectory, improves subjective burden levels among caregivers of family members with relatively mild cognitive deficits.
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