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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2019

Improving health-promoting self-care in family carers of people with dementia: a review of interventions.

Deborah Oliveira, Lidia Sousa, Martin Orrell

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Volunteers' Support of Carers of Rural People Living with Dementia to Use a Custom-Built Application.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  16. Associations Between Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Depressive Symptoms of Partner Caregivers.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Deborah OliveiraDivision of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, oliveiradc.phd@gmail.com.
Lidia SousaDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
Martin OrrellDivision of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, oliveiradc.phd@gmail.com.
University of Nottingham · GBHospital de Santa Maria · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProviding care for a family member with dementia can leave little time for carers to look after their own health needs, which makes them more susceptible to mental and physical health problems. This scoping review aimed to explore potential health benefits of interventions aimed at improving health-promoting self-care in family carers of people with dementia.

methodsA scoping review was carried out using Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework. EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Google Scholar were consulted. Original and peer-reviewed research published in English up to April 2017 were included. Publications were selected by two reviewers independently. Eight experts from several countries provided extra relevant information, which was triangulated with the review results. A narrative approach was used to describe and discuss the review findings.

resultsSeven interventions were identified. These were highly heterogeneous in content, method of delivery, and outcome measures. None was specifically focused on improving and evaluating health-promoting self-care, instead they often focused on health promotion and healthy lifestyle (eg, physical activity). Some of the multi-component interventions included "self-care" as a domain, but none used a specific measure of health-promoting self-care, so we were unable to affirm that the improvements found in the interventions were due to an improvement in this area. Interventions helped reduce carer depression and burden and increased quality of life, positive affect, and physical activity. The expert panel recommended to consider carers' preparedness and capacity to adhere to self-care practices, as well as carers' age and culture. Future interventions should be context specific, flexible, and person-centered.

conclusionPsychosocial interventions may improve health-promoting self-care behavior, but more research is needed to establish efficacy. Interventions should be flexible, use a person-centered approach, be implemented with fidelity and use the right dosage.

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CaregiversHealth BehaviorSelf CareDementiaDepressionFamilyHumansQuality of LifeAlzheimer’s diseasecarersdementiahealth promotionpsychosocial interventionsscoping reviewself-care

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PMID30880932
PMCPMC6402440
OpenAlexW2912898081

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