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Day care for older dementia patients
— favorable effects on behavioral and psychological symptoms and caregiver stress | | Author(s) | Enrico Mossello, Veronica Caleri, Elena Razzi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 10, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1066-1072 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Day services ; Day hospitals ; Behaviour disorders ; Informal care ; Stress ; Evaluation ; Italy. |
| Annotation | A 2-month period of day care (DC) assistance is effective in reducing dementia patients' behavioural and psychological symptoms and in alleviating caregivers' burden. 30 patients with dementia consecutively admitted to DC in central Italy were compared with 30 patients matched for age and cognitive function who received usual home care (HC). At baseline and after 2 months, patients were assessed for cognitive and functional status, behavioural and psychological symptoms (Neuropsychiatric Inventory, NPI) and psychotropic drug use; and caregivers were evaluated for care burden (Caregiver Burden Inventory, CBI) and depressive symptoms. After adjusting for potential confounders, NPI score significantly decreased in DC group, with a reduction of psychotropic drugs prescription, whereas it increased in HC. No significant between-group difference was observed for cognitive and functional change. CBI significantly increased in DC, but not HC, caregivers, with no significant between-group difference in depressive symptoms change. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090605209 A |
| Classmark | EA: NM: LDD: EP: P6: QNH: 4C: 76V |
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