Aggression Prevention Training for Individuals With Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

International appeals call for interventions to prevent aggression and other behavioral problems in individuals with dementia (IWD). Aggression Prevention Training (APT), based on intervening in three contributors to development of aggression (IWD pain, IWD depression, and caregiver-IWD relationship problems) aims to reduce incidence of aggression in IWD over 1 year.

Design

Randomized, controlled trial.

Setting

Three clinics that assess, diagnose, and treat dementia.

Participants

Two hundred twenty-eight caregiver-IWD dyads who screened positive for IWD pain, IWD depression, or caregiver-IWD relationship problems randomized to APT or Enhanced Usual Primary Care (EU-PC).

Intervention

APT, a skills-based intervention delivered over 3 months to ad

SUBMITTER: Kunik ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature