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Pythagorean Self Awareness Intervention in Caregivers of Patients with Motor Disabilities.

Fotini Voulgari, Flora Bacopoulou, Artemios Artemiadis, Ioulia Kokka, Dimitrios Vlachakis, Xanthi Tigani, George P Chrousos, Christina Darviri

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Article in EMBnet.journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Fotini VoulgariPostgraduate Course of Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Flora BacopoulouUniversity Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health & Precision Medicine and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Artemios ArtemiadisMedical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Ioulia KokkaPostgraduate Course of Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios VlachakisUniversity Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health & Precision Medicine and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Xanthi TiganiPostgraduate Course of Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
George P ChrousosUniversity Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health & Precision Medicine and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Christina DarviriPostgraduate Course of Science of Stress and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUNESCO · FRAgricultural University of Athens · GRUniversity of Cyprus · CY

Funding

PHYSIOLOGY &PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL &GONADAL AXEZ01HD000618 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI KINO, TOMOSHIGE · 1985 to 2008
$584k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD000618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caregiving for disabled people is a strenuous task often provided by family members, with adverse repercussions on the caregivers' health. The aim of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, the effects of a novel cognitive-based stress management technique, the Pythagorean Self-Awareness Intervention (PSAI) on the stress levels and other cognitive and psychological characteristics of non-paid caregivers of patients with motor disability. In this quasi-experimental study, 59 caregivers of first-degree relatives with motor disabilities due to chronic neurological diseases, inpatients at a Rehabilitation Center, in Athens, Greece, were assigned to an intervention (PSAI, n=28) and a control group (received unstructured consultation, n=31). Psychological, cognitive, and sleep-related measurements (Zarit Burden Interview tool, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Self-Efficacy Scale, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, Symbol Digit Modalities Test, California Verbal Learning Test-II, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised) were held at baseline and after 8 weeks (at completion of PSAI) in both groups. PSAI was found to decrease caregivers' stress, depressive symptoms and anxiety and improve their sleep quality, visual memory, self-efficacy, and cognitive speed processing. Future randomized controlled studies are needed to investigate the effects of this novel intervention in larger samples of caregivers.

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PMID34621632
PMCPMC8494422
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