| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
A psychoeducational intervention to reduce distress in Hispanic family caregivers
— results of a pilot study | | Author(s) | Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Patricia Areán, Patricia Rivera |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 23, nos 1/2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 17-32 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Family care ; Dementia ; Stress ; Therapy ; Group work ; Pilot ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study determined the feasibility of offering a psycho-educational intervention, in a group format, to Hispanic/Latino family caregivers of dementia victims. The final sample size was 70 primary caregivers who volunteered to participate in the study: 43 were in the intervention programme and 27 were on a waiting list for 3 months. Pre/post comparisons were made between those participating in the specially designed culturally sensitive 8-week class and those who remained on the waiting list for that same time period. Those in the class reported significantly fewer depressive symptoms and showed a trend for increased control of feelings of anger and frustration, compared to those on the waiting list, who did not improve on any measure. Limitations of the study include lack of random assignment, absence of systematic follow-up, and unavoidable use of measures not designed for Hispanic caregivers. Nevertheless, results support the feasibility of providing "coping classes" (in Spanish) to distressed caregivers. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011121205 A |
| Classmark | TK: P6:SJ: EA: QNH: LO: IGG: 4UC: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|