Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34171967›Full record

ArticleDementia (London, England)2022

The feasibility and acceptability of a psychosocial intervention to support people with dementia with Lewy bodies and family care partners.

Alison Killen, Darren Flynn, Nicola O'Brien, John-Paul Taylor

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Dementia (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Examining the lived experience of dementia with Lewy bodies through qualitative research: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alison KillenTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, 5994Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-5981
Darren FlynnSchool of Health and Life Sciences, 5462Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Nicola O'BrienDepartment of Psychology, 5995Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
John-Paul TaylorTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, 5994Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Newcastle University · GBNorthumbria University · GBTeesside University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPsychosocial support for people with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and family care partners is frequently lacking, despite the need expressed by those with lived experience. Our objective was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention designed to build coping capability.

designThe design was non-randomised with all participants receiving the intervention.

settingThe setting was a Memory Assessment and Management Service in the Northeast of England.

participantsParticipants comprised 19 dyads consisting of a person with DLB and a family care partner.

interventionThe intervention was group-based, with weekly sessions attended for up to four successive weeks. It was informed by Social Cognitive Theory. MEASUREMENTS: Data were collected on recruitment, attendance and attrition, self-efficacy, mood, stress and participant experience.

resultsRecruitment was achieved with minimal attrition and three successive groups were delivered. Care partners felt more in control and able to cope in at least 3 of 13 areas with 73% feeling this way in eight or more areas. Three themes were identified from post-intervention interviews: people like us, outcomes from being a group member and intervention design.

conclusionsA DLB-specific group intervention is acceptable to people with DLB and family care partners, and recruitment is feasible within a specialist service. Participation may enhance understanding of this condition and reduce social isolation. It may improve care partners' coping capability particularly if targeted towards those with low prior understanding of DLB and more stress. Means of evaluating outcomes for people with DLB need further development.

Indexed as

DementiaLewy Body DiseaseCaregiversFeasibility StudiesHumansPsychosocial Interventioncarer supportdementia supportdementia with Lewy bodiesgroup interventionLewy bodiesLewy body dementiapeer support

Identifiers

PMID34171967
PMCPMC8721619
OpenAlexW3174179316

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.