The effects of the positive diary intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia
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- Conditions
- Family caregivers of people with dementia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000042326
- Lead Sponsor
- Tokyo Center for Dementia Care Research and Practices
- Brief Summary
The unpaired t-tests revealed significant improvements in the scores of the NPI-Q, CES-D, WHO-5, ZBI_8, and CGS in the intervention group. A repeated-measures ANCOVA produced a significant interaction for the total score of the CES-D.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Those who could not maintain diary or whose care recipients were in an unstable health condition were excluded from participating. The discontinuance criteria specified that participants who could no longer continue writing a diary (for whatever reason), or whose care recipients experienced changes in dementia or psychotropic medications changed, or whose types of case services using changed had to withdraw from the research.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method europsychiatric Inventory Caregiver Distress Scale (NPI-D)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method europsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) Short version of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI_8) Caregiving Gratification Scale (CGS) Dementia Caregiver Positive Feelings Scale 21-item version (DCPFS-21)