Can brief telephone interventions reduce caregiver burden and depression in caregivers of people with cognitive impairment? - long-term results of the German day-care study (RCT)

Can brief telephone interventions reduce caregiver burden and depression in caregivers of people with cognitive impairment? - long-term results of the German day-care study (RCT)

Abstract Background Day-care and telephone counseling have been discussed as effective support measures for caregivers of people with cognitive impairment. Methods In a two-arm cluster-randomized trial involving multicomponent therapy for cognitively impaired persons in day-care centers and telephon...

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Main Authors: Carolin Donath, Katharina Luttenberger, Elmar Graessel, Jennifer Scheel, Anna Pendergrass, Elisa-Marie Behrndt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Day-care
Dementia, MCI
Informal caregivers
Telephone intervention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1207-y

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