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Home-based caregiver training: Benefits differ by care receivers' dementia diagnosis
Li-Min Kuo, Huei-Ling Huang, Wen-Chuin Hsu, Yi-Ting Wang, Yea-Ing L Shyu. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.), 2016-06-10
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Patients with dementia differ in their behavioral and psychological symptoms according to their diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or vascular dementia (VaD), requiring different symptom-management strategies. This study analyzed data from a sub-sample of a randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of a home-based training program on family caregivers of patients with dementia in northern Taiwan. Our sub-sample comprised patient-caregiver dyads (46 VaD and 68 AD patients) followed for 18 months. Caregivers of AD patients in the intervention group had better competence, preparedness, health-related quality of life, and fewer depressive symptoms than those in the control group. Caregivers of VaD patients in the intervention group had better competence and health-related quality of life than those in the control group. The training program benefited family caregivers of AD patients more than caregivers of VaD patients. Specific training programs need to be developed for family caregivers of VaD patients.
Key findings
- Our sub-sample comprised patient-caregiver dyads (46 VaD and 68 AD patients) followed for 18 months.
- Caregivers of AD patients in the intervention group had better competence, preparedness, health-related quality of life, and fewer depressive symptoms than those in the control group.
- Caregivers of VaD patients in the intervention group had better competence and health-related quality of life than those in the control group.
- The training program benefited family caregivers of AD patients more than caregivers of VaD patients.
- Specific training programs need to be developed for family caregivers of VaD patients.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 71/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for sample size and effect reported because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 40 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 71 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial (from PubMed type “Randomized Controlled Trial”) |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2016 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (pubmed indexes it as a clinical or observational study) |
| Randomised / blinded | 1 / 2 | Randomised (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 27291982) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 40 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 40 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 71 out of 100. |
| Total | 71 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Kuo, L.-M., Huang, H.-L., Hsu, W.-C., Wang, Y.-T., & Shyu, Y.-I. L. (2016). Home-based caregiver training: Benefits differ by care receivers' dementia diagnosis. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.05.005
Vancouver
Kuo L.-M, Huang H.-L, Hsu W.-C, Wang Y.-T, Shyu Y.-IL. Home-based caregiver training: Benefits differ by care receivers' dementia diagnosis. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.). 2016. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.05.005. PMID: 27291982.
BibTeX
@article{kuo2016-27291982,
author = {Kuo, Li-Min and Huang, Huei-Ling and Hsu, Wen-Chuin and Wang, Yi-Ting and Shyu, Yea-Ing L},
title = {{Home-based caregiver training: Benefits differ by care receivers' dementia diagnosis}},
journal = {Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.05.005},
pmid = {27291982},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.05.005}
}