Belle Steven H, Czaja Sara J, Schulz Richard, Zhang Song, Burgio Louis D, Gitlin Laura N, Jones Richard, Mendelsohn Aaron B, Ory Marcia G
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
Psychol Aging. 2003 Sep;18(3):396-405. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.396.
Researchers have examined numerous psychosocial and behavioral interventions intended to alleviate distress among family caregivers of persons with dementia. Many of these interventions are complex, combining numerous treatment components. Although some multicomponent interventions have been successful in reducing caregiver distress, the impact of specific elements of these interventions on outcomes is not known. The article presents results of an analytic approach that allows researchers to describe the individual elements of multicomponent interventions and to examine the relationships between those components and outcomes. This approach is successfully applied to interventions being evaluated in the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) program. The results indicate that actively targeting caregiver behavior is effective in achieving positive outcomes with respect to caregiver depression.
研究人员已对众多旨在减轻痴呆症患者家庭护理人员痛苦的心理社会和行为干预措施进行了研究。其中许多干预措施都很复杂，包含众多治疗要素。尽管一些多要素干预措施在减轻护理人员痛苦方面取得了成功，但这些干预措施的具体要素对结果的影响尚不清楚。本文介绍了一种分析方法的结果，该方法使研究人员能够描述多要素干预措施的各个要素，并研究这些要素与结果之间的关系。这种方法已成功应用于“增强阿尔茨海默病护理人员健康资源”（REACH）项目中正在评估的干预措施。结果表明，积极针对护理人员的行为对于实现护理人员抑郁方面的积极结果是有效的。
