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Your search has found 227 articles in the database for the term 'Quality of Life (self-rated)'

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Promoting health in early-stage dementia: evaluation of a 12-week course

This project tested a 12-week health promotion course for older adults with early-stage dementia. In a quasi-experimental design, participants were assigned by site to intervention group or control...

Group therapy for patients with mild cognitive impairment and their significant others: Results of a waiting-list controlled trial

...two of three secondary outcome measures had higher baseline levels of helplessness and fewer self-reported memory complaints in daily life than patients who did not improve. Conclusion: The intervention helped...

Effect of the timing of acetylcholinesterase inhibitor ingestion on sleep

...quality differed according to the timing of medication administration. Ninety-two patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease who had taken donepezil at night (n=54) or galantamine in the morning (n=38)...

Comparing the effects of different individualized music interventions for elderly individuals with severe dementia

...Background: Individuals with dementia often experience poor quality of life (QOL) due to behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Music therapy can reduce BPSD, but most studies have...

Evaluation of a home-based exercise program in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: the Maximizing Independence in Dementia (MIND) study

...performance on measures of hand function and lower extremity strength. On secondary outcome measures, trends toward worse depression and lower quality of life ratings were noted.; Conclusions: The physical exercise...

Effectiveness of a recovery-orientated psychiatric intervention package on the wellbeing of people with early dementia: a preliminary randomised controlled trial

Objective: To investigate whether recovery-orientated psychiatric assessment and therapeutic intervention enhances the wellbeing of people with dementia and their family carers.; Methods: In a preliminary randomised controlled trial,...

An evaluation of dog-assisted therapy for residents of aged care facilities with dementia

...aged care facilities completed an 11-week trial of the interventions. Allocation to the intervention was random and participants completed validated measures of mood, psychosocial functioning, and quality of life (QOL),...

The effects of a Cognitive Stimulation Therapy [CST] programme for people with dementia on family caregivers’ health

...Background: There is growing evidence that Cognitive Simulation Therapy (CST) benefits cognition and quality of life of people with dementia, but little is known about the indirect effects of...

Does a family meetings intervention prevent depression and anxiety in family caregivers of dementia patients? A randomized trial

...clinical depressive or anxiety disorder and change in depressive and anxiety symptoms (primary outcomes), caregiver burden and quality of life (secondary outcomes). Intention-to-treat as well as per protocol analyses were...

What effect does a structured home-based exercise programme have on people with Huntington’s disease? A randomized, controlled pilot study

...physical activity and quality of life were evaluated. Analysis of covariance was used to compare follow-up scores across groups after adjustment for chance baseline differences. Effect sizes were calculated.; Results:...

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