Trial reportBMC geriatrics2019
Can brief telephone interventions reduce caregiver burden and depression in caregivers of people with cognitive impairment? - long-term results of the German day-care study (RCT).
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- [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
- Effectiveness of psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptomatology and overload and improving quality of life in informal caregivers of non-institutionalized dependent elderly: a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Remotely delivered information, training and support for informal caregivers of people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Long-Term Effects of a Cognitive Behavioral Conference Call Intervention on Depression in Non-Professional Caregivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Caregiver Employees' Mental Well-Being in Hong Kong.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Counseling regarding the care of people with dementia with a focus on §7a SGB XI in Germany: a "gray-shaded" scoping review.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- [Predictors of intensity of use of adult day care centers in people with cognitive impairment].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2022Article
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- Home Care of Tracheostomized Chronically Critically Ill Patients: A Study of Caregivers' Burden and Comparison with the Burden of Palliative Care Patients in India.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Reliability and validation of the Positive Aspects of Caregiving scale among Japanese caregivers of people with dementia.International journal of nursing sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDay-care and telephone counseling have been discussed as effective support measures for caregivers of people with cognitive impairment.
methodsIn a two-arm cluster-randomized trial involving multicomponent therapy for cognitively impaired persons in day-care centers and telephone counseling for their caregivers versus treatment as usual (TAU), we investigated long-term effects on caregivers' burden and depressiveness. Person-caregiver dyads involving home-dwelling persons with MCI, mild dementia, or moderate dementia were eligible. Day-care centers were randomized into an intervention group (IG) or a control group (CG). Outcome assessors were blinded. Out of 359 caregivers who had completed a 6-month intervention phase (n
resultsAt follow-up, crude mean differences showed a nonsignificant advantage for the IG in caregiver burden [IG: -.20 (SD = 5.39) vs. CG: .76 (SD = 5.49), p = .126, d = .177] and depressiveness (reverse scored) [IG: -.05 (SD = 5.17) vs. CG: -.98 (SD = 5.65), p = .136, d = .173]. For caregiver burden, a mixed ANOVA resulted in significant main effects of group (F (1, 302) = 4.40; p = .037) and time (F (1.88, 568.96) = 3.56; p = .032) but not a significant interaction. The largest effects were found for the "mild dementia" subgroup (d = .443 for caregiver burden and d = .520 for depressiveness). DISCUSSION: Positive long-term effects of a combined intervention involving telephone counseling for caregivers and multicomponent activation for patients were observed especially for mild dementia. However, the treatment effects washed out after the intervention ended.
trial registrationISRCTN16412551 (date: 30 July 2014, retrospectively).
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