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Effects of a telephone-based exercise intervention for dementia caregiving wives
— a randomized controlled trial | | Author(s) | Cathleen M Connell, Mary R Janevic |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 28, no 2, April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 171-194 |
| Source | http://jag.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Wives as carers ; Exercise ; Self care capacity ; Well being ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Despite the importance of self-care for dementia caregivers, few interventions have included a focus on health behaviours. This study reports outcomes of a telephone-based exercise intervention designed for women caring for a spouse with dementia. 137 caregiving wives were randomised to intervention or control conditions. Participants with at- or below-median exercise scores at baseline had a significantly greater increase in exercise at 6-month follow-up compared with their control counterparts. At 6 months, participants had greater reductions in perceived stress relative to controls. Participants also reported significantly greater increases in exercise self-efficacy than caregivers in the control group at both follow-up points. Results indicate that spouse caregivers are able to increase their physical activity and that a focus on exercise in multi-component interventions may be beneficial. Debate and discussion are needed to inform expectations for programme effects and their maintenance and to explore the interface between enhanced self-care and caregiving perceptions. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090810203 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SNW: CEA: CA: D:F:5HH: 3J: 7T |
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