Telephone-based aftercare groups for family carers of people with dementia - results of the effect evaluation of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The care of people with dementia is associated with enormous stress and, in a quarter of cases, leads to depression and anxiety disorders in the caring relatives. A specially designed inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation (rehab) programme for family carers of people with dementia has proven to be effective but not sustainable. Therefore, the present study aims to increase the sustainability of the inpatient rehab programme by using thematically structured telephone aftercare group sessions.

Methods

The effectiveness of telephone aftercare groups was investigated in a randomized, controlled, prospective, mixed methods, longitudinal study. The aftercare intervention included social participation in monthly telephone group sessions for 6 months. The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Berwig M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8831098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature