Do memory clinics improve the quality of life of carers? A randomized pilot trial

Objective To determine the effects of attendance at a memory clinic on the psychosocial health of carers. Design Randomized control trial. Participants Fifty community dwelling subjects with mild to moderate dementia and their carers. Main outcome measures Carer burden, psychological morbidity and p...

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Published in:International journal of geriatric psychiatry 1999-08, Vol.14 (8), p.626-632
Main Authors: Logiudice, Dina, Waltrowicz, Wendy, Brown, Kaye, Burrows, Colin, Ames, David, FLICKER, Leon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aged
Behavior Therapy - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Caregivers - psychology
carers
Cognitive ability
Cost of Illness
dementia
Dementia - psychology
Dementia disorders
Family environment. Family history
Female
Geriatrics
Humans
Inventories
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
memory clinics
Memory Disorders - psychology
Memory Disorders - rehabilitation
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Outpatients - statistics & numerical data
Pilot Projects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality of Life
Social behavior
Social interactions
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
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Summary:Objective To determine the effects of attendance at a memory clinic on the psychosocial health of carers. Design Randomized control trial. Participants Fifty community dwelling subjects with mild to moderate dementia and their carers. Main outcome measures Carer burden, psychological morbidity and psychosocial health related quality of life at 6 and 12 months post intervention. Main results There was significant improvement in psychosocial health related quality of life of carers as measured by the psychosocial domain of the Functional Limitation Profile (FLP) at 6 months (p
ISSN:0885-6230
1099-1166
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199908)14:8<626::AID-GPS990>3.0.CO;2-5