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Effectiveness of a psychoeducational skill training DVD program to reduce stress in Chinese American dementia caregivers
— results of a preliminary study | | Author(s) | Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Peng-Chih Wang, Weiling Liu |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 14, no 3, April 2010 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, April 2010 |
| Pages | pp 263-273 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Informal care ; Stress ; Cognitive processes ; Audio visual aids ; Pilot ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Previous research in 2007 found that an in-home behavioural management programme, derived conceptually from cognitive behavioural theories (CBT), was effective in reducing caregiver related stress and depressive symptoms in Chinese American dementia caregivers (CGs). Results were promising, but a more cost-effective intervention is needed to serve this growing population. Past work also found that a psycho-educational videotaped training programme based on CBT was effective in reducing stress due to caregiving in Caucasian and African American dementia family CGs. To date, no research has been conducted using a technological medium to deliver a similar kind of intervention to Chinese American caregivers. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a similar but culturally "tailored" programme in which 70 CGs were randomly assigned to a 12-week CBT skill training programme delivered on a DVD, or to a general educational DVD programme on dementia. Both were available in Mandarin Chinese or English as preferred. Pre- and post-change analyses indicated that CGs did not differ on change in level of negative depressive symptoms, but positive affect was higher, and patient behaviours were appraised as less stressful and bothersome, for CGs in the CBT skill training program. They were also more satisfied with the program overall and reported that they believed they were able to give care more effectively. Results encourage further development of theoretically based interventions, delivered using modern technology, for this ever-increasing group of CGs. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100909213 A |
| Classmark | TKL: P6: QNH: DA: UF: 4UC: 4C: 7T |
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