Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups: a randomized, controlled trial.
National Institutes of Health · University of Miami · +9 more institutions
Abstract
Caring for a family member with dementia is extremely stressful, contributes to psychiatric and physical illness among caregivers, and increases the risk for caregiver death. Finding better ways to support family caregivers is a major public health challenge.
To test the effects of a structured multicomponent intervention on quality of life and clinical depression in caregivers and on rates of institutional placement of care recipients in 3 diverse racial or ethnic groups.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 14.56
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 35
Authors
17- SHSteven H. BelleCorresponding
National Institutes of Health, University of Miami, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Pittsburgh, University of Alabama, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, National Institute of Nursing Research, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Arizona State University, Stanford University
- LBLouis Burgio
- RBRobert Burns
- DCDavid Coon
- SJSara J Czaja
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Ethnic group
- Caregiver burden
- Family caregivers
- Dementia
- Intervention (counseling)
- Quality of life (healthcare)
- Randomized controlled trial