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Effects of dyadic psychosocial education on people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia and their informal caregivers: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ping Ni, Mei-Ling Ge, Li Liu, Xiuying Hu

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Ping Ni *Innovation Center of Nursing Research and Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Mei-Ling Ge *The Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics (National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Li LiuInnovation Center of Nursing Research and Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiuying HuInnovation Center of Nursing Research and Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China huxiuying@scu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-4108

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Abstract

introductionMild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia impose a significant burden on individuals and their caregivers. Dyadic psychosocial education, which treats care recipients and their caregivers as a pair of active participants, has the potential to improve health outcomes for people with cognitive impairment and their caregivers. However, the results of recent studies on this subject are contradictory. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of dyadic psychosocial education for people with MCI or dementia and their informal caregivers. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Six databases will be searched. We will include all randomised controlled trials that compare dyadic psychosocial education to usual care. The risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk-of-Bias Assessment Tool (V.2). Meta-analyses, subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses will be performed using Stata V.15.1. A narrative synthesis will be conducted if quantitative analysis is not feasible. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study and subsequent systematic review will not collect individual-level data and, therefore, do not require ethics committee approval. Peer-reviewed publications will disseminate the study results. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42024497554.

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CaregiversCognitive DysfunctionDementiaHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicCaregiver BurdenCognitionDementiaMeta-AnalysisPsychosocial Intervention

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