Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups: a randomized, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Objective

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.

Design

Randomized, controlled trial.

Setting

In-home caregivers in 5 U.S. cities.

Participants

212 Hispanic or Latino, 219 white or Caucasian, and 211 black or African-American caregivers and their care recipients with Alzheimer disease or related disorders.

Int

SUBMITTER: Belle SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2585490 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature