Journal article
Impact of a psychoeducational intervention on caregiver response to behavioral problems
Nursing research, Vol.51(6), pp.363-374
11/2002
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200211000-00004
PMID: 12464756
Abstract
Background: Eighty percent of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders are cared for by family members who often lack adequate support and training for this all-consuming job.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a longitudinal, multisite, community-based intervention designed to teach home caregivers to manage behavioral problems in persons with Alzheimer's disease.
Methods: Usable data were analyzed from 237 caregiver/care recipient dyads (n = 132 Experimental; n = 105 Comparison). The experimental group received a psychoeducational nursing intervention that was conceptually grounded in the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold model (Hall & Buckwalter, 1987). The comparison group received routine information and referrals for case management, community-based services, and support groups. Although a variety of psychosocial outcomes were compared between caregivers in the two groups, this article focuses on frequency and response to behavioral problems and functional decline.
Results: The Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold intervention had a statistically significant effect on spousal response to memory/behavioral problems (p <.01) for all caregivers and on response to activities of daily living problems (p <.01) for spousal caregivers. In addition, nonspouses in the experimental group reported a reduction in the frequency of memory/behavioral problems (p <.01). No intervention effect on reports of activities of daily living frequencies was found for either spouses or nonspouses.
Conclusions: This Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold-based intervention had a positive impact on both the frequency of and response to problem behaviors among spousal caregivers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Impact of a psychoeducational intervention on caregiver response to behavioral problems
- Creators
- Linda GerdnerKathleen Buckwalter - University of IowaDavid Reed
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nursing research, Vol.51(6), pp.363-374
- DOI
- 10.1097/00006199-200211000-00004
- PMID
- 12464756
- NLM abbreviation
- Nurs Res
- ISSN
- 0029-6562
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2002
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557482602771
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