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| Successful behavioural treatment for reported sleep problems in elderly caregivers of dementia patients: a controlled study | | Author(s) | Susan M McCurry, Rebecca G Logsdon, Michael V Vitiello |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 53B, no 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp P122-P129 |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Behaviour modification ; Dementia ; Family care ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although sleep problems are common among dementia caregivers, there has been no research to date describing treatment for such problems using behavioural techniques. In this US study, 36 older dementia caregivers with disturbed sleep were randomly assigned to either a brief behavioural intervention or a wait list control. The active treatment consisted of standard sleep hygiene, stimulus control, and sleep compression strategies as well as education about community resources, stress management, and techniques to reduce patient disruptive behaviours. Caregivers in active treatment showed significant improvements in sleep at post-treatment and 3-month follow-up. No significant differences between groups were observed for caregiver mood, burden, or patient behaviour problems, suggesting that sleep improvements were not an artefact of depression treatment. Treatment responders tended to be younger and more compliant with treatment recommendations than non-responders. Results suggest that behavioural techniques may well be a viable alternative to medication for sleep problems in older caregivers. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980602406 A |
| Classmark | CTS: LODM: EA: P6:SJ: 7T |
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