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| Improvement of agitation and anxiety in demented patients after psychoeducative group intervention with their caregivers | | Author(s) | M Haupt, A Karger, M Janner |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 12, December 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1125-1129 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Anxiety ; Dementia ; Informal care ; Psychiatric treatment ; Group work ; Germany. |
| Annotation | The present study tried to identify treatment effects on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), by modifying caregivers' inappropriate behaviour through psycho-educative group intervention. The 3-month, expert-based and conceptualised group intervention yielded a significant improvement in agitation and anxiety of the demented patients. The study demonstrated that behaviour modifying techniques can be communicated to the caregivers of demented patients, and can be implemented beneficially into the patient-caregiver relationship. This preliminary uncontrolled study showed that psycho-educative group intervention with the caregivers of demented patients is an indispensable tool to complete pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment strategies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010227203 A |
| Classmark | EP: ENP: EA: P6: LP: IGG: 767 |
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