ArticleAcademia mental health & well-being2024
Feasibility and acceptability of the World Health Organization's iSUPPORT program for dementia caregivers in Uganda.
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- Training needs of informal caregivers of persons with dementia in rural southwestern Uganda: A qualitative formative study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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This study aims to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It involves adaptation of the World Health Organization's iSUPPORT (WHO-iSUPPORT) psychosocial intervention for Uganda, assessing its feasibility and acceptability, and its effects on caregivers' psychological distress, quality of life (QoL), and depression levels. The adapted iSUPPORT (UGA-iSUPPORT) program was translated into Luganda, a local language, validated by experts, divided into four modules, and later piloted for four weeks in Wakiso, Uganda. The caregivers were randomly assigned to receive weekly UGA-iSUPPORT sessions or modified standard care via weekly phone consultations. Baseline and endpoint changes were assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10), the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Measure of Quality of Life for Dementia Caregivers (C-DEMQOL). The intervention group (
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