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An educative support group for female family caregivers
— impact on caregivers psychological distress and patient's neuropsychiatry symptoms | | Author(s) | Ali Javadpour, Laaya Ahmadzadeh, Mohammad Jafar Bahredar |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 24, no 5, May 2009 |
| Pages | pp 469-471 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Women as carers ; Family care ; Group work ; Self help organisations ; Stress ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | In the developing world, most patients with dementia live in the community, and female family caregivers are the primary source to delivering care to patients. Educating and supporting the carers may reduce psychological distress and the challenging behaviour of those with dementia. The authors run a non-pharmacological intervention focusing on education regarding dementia, behavioural problems and an interactive self support group. Twenty nine female family caregivers were assigned and divided in two groups of 15 and 14. Two-hourly weekly sessions were conducted for 8 weeks. Baseline and outcome measures were assessed using the Classic Neuropsychiatry Inventory (NPI), general health questionnaire and perceived stress scale (PSS). Initial co-relational analysis demonstrated a significant correlation between general health score (GHQ) and total NPI scores but not for PSS. Paired sample test revealed significant change from baseline and at the end in both GHQ score and neuropsychiatry symptoms. This study supports the use of a non-pharmacological intervention focusing on education in a feasible and cost benefit setting for dementia caregivers. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090824010 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SH: P6:SJ: IGG: PQ: QNH: 4C |
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