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Meditation-based interventions for family caregivers of people with dementia
— a review of the empirical literature | | Author(s) | Robyn V C Hurley, Tom G Patterson, Sam J Colley |
| Journal title | Aging and Mental Health, vol 18, no 3, 2014 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 281-288 |
| Source | http://tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Therapy ; Family care ; Depression ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Providing care for a family member with dementia is associated with increased risk of adverse mental health sequelae. Recently, interventions utilising meditation-based techniques have been developed, with the aim of reducing psychological distress in dementia caregivers. This review critically evaluates the extant empirical literature in order to determine: (1) whether meditation-based interventions can reduce depression among dementia caregivers; and (2) whether meditation-based interventions can reduce dementia caregivers' subjective burden. After adhering to inclusion and exclusion criteria, eight studies were included in the present review. Methodological quality was assessed using one of two scales dependent on study design. The results provide tentative evidence that meditation-based interventions do indeed improve levels of depression and burden in family dementia caregivers. The review highlights the strengths and weakness of the studies' methodological designs. Whilst this review offers evidence in support of meditation-based interventions to improve the psychological distress of family dementia caregivers, future research should direct efforts to conduct larger scale, more rigorous studies. Clinical implications of the findings are also discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151113209 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: LO: P6:SJ: ENR: 64A |
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