reviewInternational PsychogeriatricsMay 11, 2006DIAMOND OA

Helping caregivers of persons with dementia: which interventions work and how large are their effects?

Friedrich Schiller University Jena · University of Rochester

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Abstract

Background

In recent years, many different forms of interventions for caregivers of people with dementia have been developed. However, their results have been, in part, inconclusive.

Methods

Meta-analysis was used to integrate the results of 127 intervention studies with dementia caregivers published or presented between 1982 and 2005.

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Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Dementia
  • Psychological intervention
  • Psychology
  • Work (physics)
  • Gerontology
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Disease
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