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Do memory clinics improve the quality of life of carer?
— a randomised pilot trial | | Author(s) | Dina LoGiudice, Wendy Waltrowicz, Kaye Brown |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 8, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp 626-632 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Dementia ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Family care ; Quality of life ; Pilot ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Carer burden, psychological morbidity and psychosocial health-related quality of life were were considered in this Australian 1-year study of attendance at a memory clinic of 50 community-dwelling people with mild to moderate dementia and their carers. There was significant improvement in psychosocial health-related quality of life of carers as measured by the psychosocial domain of the Functional Limitation Profile (FLP) at 6 months, including improvement in subgroups of alertness behaviour and social interaction after adjustment for age of subject and baseline scores. The improvement in social interaction was maintained at 12 months. There was no significant difference in carer psychological morbidity (General Health Questionnaire - GHQ), carer burden (Zarit family interview) or carer knowledge of dementia (Dementia Knowledge Test) at 6 or 12 months, between groups. Further research on carers' psychosocial health-related quality of life is indicated, comparing memory clinic intervention and alternative support. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825286 A |
| Classmark | DB: EA: L6G: P6:SJ: F:59: 4UC: 7YA |
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