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Background: The psychological and behavioral symptoms (SPCD) of dementias are the manifestations that cause the most suffering in the patient and caregiver, worsening the other two symptomatic areas (cognitive and functional) and precipitating the early institutionalization of patients with dementia. non-pharmacological therapies (TNF) in dementia are framed in the biopsychosocial model of patient care. We found evidence in the literature about the effectiveness of ambulatory educational interventions to the family caregiver in terms of reducing overload and improving their state of mind But it is not well demonstrated whether this improvement can have an indirect impact on the SPCD of the patient, nor whether the profile of patients could have an added benefit to the best pharmacological treatment. Methods: The experimental study selected thirty-six older adults family caregivers of patients with dementia.The intervention group (n=18) received isolated medical treatment, while the control group (n=18) received medical treatment plus educational support therapy to their family caregivers. Data collection included sociodemographic measures and responses to the educational support therapy tot the Zarit Caregiver Overload Scale (family caregivers) and Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-10) patients with dementia.


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A descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic characteristics of the intervention and control groups was done. Qualitative variables were expressed as percentages, and quantitative variables were summarised as the median and interquartile range. Shapiro-Wilk tests indicated that the dependent variables were not normally distributed (p < .05), so non-parametric statistical analyses were subsequently performed. The difference between the medians of the two patient groups was examined with the Mann-Whitney U test. Qualitative variables were compared with the chi-squared or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate. ;


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NCT number NCT03732521
Study type Interventional
Source Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date February 10, 2014
Completion date September 5, 2017

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