Evaluating the social fitness Programme for older people with cognitive problems and their caregivers: lessons learned from a failed trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This process evaluation article describes the lessons learned from a failed trial which aimed to assess effectiveness of the tailor-made, multidisciplinary Social Fitness Programme to improve social participation of community-dwelling older people with cognitive problems (clients) and their caregivers (couples).

Methods

A process evaluation was performed to get insight in 1) the implementation of the intervention, 2) the context of intervention delivery from professionals' point of view, and 3) the potential impact of intervention delivery from participants' perspectives. Data was gathered using mixed-methods: questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviews, medical records.

Results

1) Implementation. High study decline (65,3%) was mainly caused by a la

SUBMITTER: Donkers HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172728 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature