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| Impact of training dementia caregivers in sensitivity to nonverbal emotion signals | | Author(s) | Carol Magai, Carl I Cohen, David Gomberg |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 14, no 1, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 25-38 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Emotions ; Behaviour ; Care home staff ; Nursing homes ; In-service training ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 91 American mid-to late-stage dementia nursing home patients and their staff caregivers participated in this study on sensitivity to non-verbal communication and its ability to enhance patients' mood and to improve caregivers' psychological well-being. Participants were assigned to either a non-verbal sensitivity group, a behavioural placebo group receiving instruction in the cognitive and behavioural aspects of dementia, or a wait-list control. Training comprised 10 one-hour sessions taught by a clinical psychologist using prepared materials. Patient measures taken at baseline and 4 three-week intervals included symptomatology (e.g. depression) as reported by staff caregivers, and positive and negative facial expressions of emotions elicited during face-to-face interview. Results indicated that positive affect increased sharply during the first 6 weeks after intervention in the non-verbal group; the other two groups showed no change. There was a decline in negative affect across time for all groups. Effects with respect to patient symptomatology did not reach significance. Caregivers in both training groups showed a decline in symptomatology, whereas the wait-list control group did not. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020808202 A |
| Classmark | EA: DL: DM: QRM: LHB: QWD: 7T |
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