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Effects of a caregiver intervention on negative caregiver appraisals of behavior problems in patients with Alzheimer's disease
— results of a randomized trial | | Author(s) | Mary S Mittelman, David L Roth, William E Haley |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp P27-P34 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Spouses as carers ; Behaviour disorders ; Dementia ; Advocacy ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Behavioural problems are among the most challenging aspects of caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease (AD). A sample of 406 spouse-caregivers of patients with AD in New York was randomised to an active multi-component counselling and support intervention condition, or to a usual care condition. Caregivers reported on the frequency of troublesome patient behaviours and their reactions to them at baseline and regular follow-up interviews. Random effects regression models over the first 4 years after randomisation revealed that, although the intervention did not affect the frequency of patients behavioural problems, it did significantly reduce caregivers' reaction ratings. Because caregiver appraisals have been found to mediate the impact of caregiving stress on depression and to predict nursing home placement rates, they deserve greater attention as an important target of intervention services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040705205 A |
| Classmark | P6:SN: EP: EA: IQ: 3J: 7T |
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