| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Depression and anxiety in memory clinic attenders and their carers
— implications for evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation interventions | | Author(s) | Linda Clare, Barbara A Wilson, Gina Carter |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 10, October 2002 |
| Pages | pp 962-967 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Dementia ; Informal care ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Rehabilitation ; Psychiatric treatment. |
| Annotation | The potential of cognitive rehabilitation (CR) for people who have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasingly being recognised. It has been suggested, however, that interventions targeting memory functioning in AD have negative effects on the well-being of participants and carers in terms of mood and perceived strain. In this study, participant and carer depression and anxiety, and carer strain, were assessed at initial memory clinic attendance and again by postal survey 6 months later for 94 consecutive referrals who received standard treatment but no specialised CR interventions. The study provided useful comparison data for use in evaluating the effects of CR interventions on mood and carer strain, showing that in the absence of intervention, scores remain generally stable over time. Significant changes observed in intervention studies should be viewed in this context. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021109211 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: EA: P6: L6G: DB: LM: LP |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|