This database contains 136 studies, archived under the term: "Carer Burden (instruments measuring burden)"
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Multifactorial fall prevention for pairs of frail community-dwelling older fallers and their informal caregivers: a dead end for complex interventions in the frailest fallers
Faes, Miriam C.,
Reelick, Miriam F.,
Melis, René J.,
Borm, George F.,
Esselink, Rianne A.,
Rikkert, Marcel G. Olde
Objective: To assess whether a multifactorial fall prevention program was more effective than usual geriatric care in preventing falls and reducing fear of falling in frail community-dwelling older fallers, with and without cognitive impairment, and in alleviating subjective caregiver burden in caregivers.; Design, Setting, and Participants: A randomized, 2 parallel-group, single-blind, multicenter trial conducted in […]
Prognostic factors for a favourable long-term outcome from an integrative psychotherapeutic nursing home programme
Bakker, Ton J. E. M.,
Duivenvoorden, Hugo J.,
van der Lee, Jacqueline,
Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.,
Beekman, Aartjan T. F.,
Ribbe, Miel W.
Background/aims: The prevalence of multiple psychiatric symptoms (MPS) in psychogeriatric patients is about 80%. MPS have negative effects on caregivers; 70-80% of caregivers are moderately to heavily burdened. We tested an integrative psychotherapeutic programme (IRR) focused on MPS as well as caregiver burden. To develop decision rules in indicating IRR, prognostic potentialities of diagnostic and […]
Integrative psychotherapeutic nursing home program to reduce multiple psychiatric symptoms of cognitively impaired patients and caregiver burden: randomized controlled trial
Bakker, Ton J. E. M.,
Duivenvoorden, Hugo J.,
van der Lee, Jacqueline,
Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.,
Beekman, Aartjan T. F.,
Ribbe, Miel W.
Objective: To test the effectiveness of an integrative psychotherapeutic nursing home program (integrative reactivation and rehabilitation [IRR]) to reduce multiple neuropsychiatry symptoms (MNPS) of cognitively impaired patients and caregiver burden (CB).; Design: Randomized controlled trial.; Setting: Psychiatric-skilled nursing home (IRR) and usual care (UC), consisting of different types of nursing home care at home or […]
Randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of donepezil in vascular dementia: differential effects by hippocampal size
Román, Gustavo C.,
Salloway, Stephen,
Black, Sandra E.,
Royall, Donald R.,
DeCarli, Charles,
Weiner, Michael W.,
Moline, Margaret,
Kumar, Dinesh,
Schindler, Rachel,
Posner, Holly
Background and Purpose: We sought to assess the efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with vascular dementia (VaD) fulfilling National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Association Internationale pour la Recherche et l’Enseignement en Neurosciences criteria.; Methods: This international, multicenter, 24-week trial was conducted from March 2003 to August 2005. Patients (N=974; mean age, 73.0 […]
Effectiveness of an intervention in groups of family caregivers of dependent patients for their application in primary health centers. Study protocol
Rodriguez-Sánchez, Emiliano,
Mora-Simón, Sara,
Porras-Santos, Nieves,
Patino-Alonso, María C.,
Recio-Rodríguez, José I,
Becerro-Muñoz, Concepción,
Pérez-Arechaederra, Diana,
Gómez-Marcos, Manuel A,
García-Ortiz, Luis
Background: Although Primary Health Care (PHC) Teams are used to deal with prevention and treatment of sanitary problems in adults with chronic diseases, they usually have a lack of experience in development of psychotherapeutic interventions. However, these interventions are the ones that achieve better results to reduce symptomatology and improve emotional state of caregivers.The study […]
Effectiveness of a specific care plan in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: cluster randomised trial (PLASA study)
Nourhashemi, Fati,
Andrieu, Sandrine,
Gillette-Guyonnet, Sophie,
Giraudeau, Bruno,
Cantet, Christelle,
Coley, Nicola,
Vellas, Bruno
Objective: To test the effectiveness of a comprehensive specific care plan in decreasing the rate of functional decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease compared with usual care in memory clinics.; Design: Cluster randomised trial.; Setting: 50 memory clinics in France.; Participants: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease (mini-mental state examination score 12-26). 1131 patients […]
EDUCA study: Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale
Martin-Carrasco, M.,
Otermin, P.,
Pérez-Camo, V.,
Pujol, J.,
Agüera, L.,
Martín, M. J.,
Gobartt, A. L.,
Pons, S.,
Balañá, M.
Objectives: The Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale, translated and validated into Spanish, is sensitive to the application of a Psychoeducational Intervention Program (PIP) for the prevention and reduction of burden in caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients (EDUCA study). The data obtained in EDUCA was used to reanalyse its psychometric properties and the cut-off points of […]