Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies
ABSTRACT FTD is a unique condition which manifests with a range of behavioural symptoms, marked dysfunction in activities of daily living (ADL) and increased levels of carer burden as compared to carers of other dementias. No efficacious pharmacological interventions to treat FTD currently exist, an...
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| author | Claire M. O'Connor Lindy Clemson Thaís Bento Lima da Silva Olivier Piguet John R. Hodges Eneida Mioshi |
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| description | ABSTRACT FTD is a unique condition which manifests with a range of behavioural symptoms, marked dysfunction in activities of daily living (ADL) and increased levels of carer burden as compared to carers of other dementias. No efficacious pharmacological interventions to treat FTD currently exist, and research on pharmacological symptom management is variable. The few studies on non-pharmacological interventions in FTD focus on either the carer or the patients' symptoms, and lack methodological rigour. This paper reviews and discusses current studies utilising non-pharmacological approaches, exposing the clear need for more rigorous methodologies to be applied in this field. Finally, a successful randomised controlled trial helped reduce behaviours of concern in dementia, and through implementing participation in tailored activities, the FTD-specific Tailored Activities Program (TAP) is presented. Crucially, this protocol has scope to target both the person with FTD and their carer. This paper highlights that studies in this area would help to elucidate the potential for using activities to reduce characteristic behaviours in FTD, improving quality of life and the caregiving experience in FTD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c3aada9804a47a1ae9ce8aa387954002022-12-22T00:49:03ZengAssociação Neurologia Cognitiva e do ComportamentoDementia & Neuropsychologia1980-57647214315010.1590/S1980-57642013DN70200002S1980-57642013000200143Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studiesClaire M. O'ConnorLindy ClemsonThaís Bento Lima da SilvaOlivier PiguetJohn R. HodgesEneida MioshiABSTRACT FTD is a unique condition which manifests with a range of behavioural symptoms, marked dysfunction in activities of daily living (ADL) and increased levels of carer burden as compared to carers of other dementias. No efficacious pharmacological interventions to treat FTD currently exist, and research on pharmacological symptom management is variable. The few studies on non-pharmacological interventions in FTD focus on either the carer or the patients' symptoms, and lack methodological rigour. This paper reviews and discusses current studies utilising non-pharmacological approaches, exposing the clear need for more rigorous methodologies to be applied in this field. Finally, a successful randomised controlled trial helped reduce behaviours of concern in dementia, and through implementing participation in tailored activities, the FTD-specific Tailored Activities Program (TAP) is presented. Crucially, this protocol has scope to target both the person with FTD and their carer. This paper highlights that studies in this area would help to elucidate the potential for using activities to reduce characteristic behaviours in FTD, improving quality of life and the caregiving experience in FTD.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642013000200143&lng=en&tlng=enfrontotemporal dementianon-pharmacological interventionfunctional disabilityrandomised controlled trial |
| spellingShingle | Claire M. O'Connor Lindy Clemson Thaís Bento Lima da Silva Olivier Piguet John R. Hodges Eneida Mioshi Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies Dementia & Neuropsychologia frontotemporal dementia non-pharmacological intervention functional disability randomised controlled trial |
| title | Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies |
| title_full | Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies |
| title_fullStr | Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies |
| title_short | Enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non-pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): A call for randomised controlled studies |
| title_sort | enhancement of carer skills and patient function in the non pharmacological management of frontotemporal dementia ftd a call for randomised controlled studies |
| topic | frontotemporal dementia non-pharmacological intervention functional disability randomised controlled trial |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642013000200143&lng=en&tlng=en |
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