Acceptability of psychosocial interventions for dementia caregivers: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most of patients with dementia are cared for by family members. Caring for people with dementia is challenging; approximately 30-55% of caregivers suffered from anxiety or depressive symptoms. A range of studies have shown that psychosocial interventions are effective and can improve caregivers' quality of life, reduce their care burden, and ease their anxiety or depressive symptoms. However, information on the acceptability of these interventions, despite being crucial, is under-reported.

Methods

Systematic searches of databases were conducted for literature published on EMBASE, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PsycARTICLES until August 2017 and the searches were updated on June 2018. The selection criteria included primary studies with data abou

SUBMITTER: Qiu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332684 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature