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Training family care givers of people with dementia to think in a more clinical manner decreased depression and the sense of burden

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.5.1.21

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    Hepburn KW, Tornatore J, Center B, et al. Dementia family caregiver training: affecting beliefs about caregiving and caregiver outcomes.J Am Geriatr Soc2001 Apr;49:450–7OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    QUESTION: Does training family care givers of individuals with dementia to view their role in a more clinical manner reduce adverse events associated with care giving?

    Design

    Randomised (allocation not concealed), blinded {outcome assessor}*, controlled trial with follow up 3 months after the intervention.

    Setting

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

    Participants

    117 family care giver – care receiver dyads, which consisted of primary informal care givers (mean age 77 y, 56% men; 94% were spouses or parents) of relatives with dementia that had not progressed beyond stage 7b of the Functional Assessment Staging (mean age 65 y, 70% women) who were living in community settings (ie, not nursing homes). 94 dyads (80%) were included in the analysis.

    Intervention

    72 care givers accompanied by ≥1 family member were allocated to the …

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    • Source of funding: National Institute of Nursing Research.

    • For correspondence: Dr K W Hepburn, Department of Family Practice, Mayo Mail Code 381, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Fax +1 612 625 0916.