Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 Jul;34(7):957-965. doi: 10.1002/gps.5095. Epub 2019 Apr 17.
Interventions addressing burden have limited impact among long-term family caregivers. We examined whether problem-solving therapy (PST) would reduce burden levels of caregivers of individuals diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early-stage dementia (AD).
Caregivers (N = 73) randomly received PST or nutritional training (NT). Burden measures were assessed over 1-year post-intervention.
Relative to NT, caregivers receiving PST endorsed improved perceived burden levels over time, regardless of the type of caregiver. Distress over the care recipient's dementia-related behaviors remained low over time among MCI caregivers receiving PST, while these burden levels among MCI caregivers receiving NT rose over time. AD caregivers receiving PST endorsed reductions in these burden levels over time, while AD caregivers in the NT group endorsed higher burden levels over time.
PST, taught early in the caregiving trajectory, improves subjective burden levels among caregivers of family members with relatively mild cognitive deficits.
针对负担问题的干预措施对长期家庭照顾者的影响有限。我们研究了问题解决疗法(PST)是否会降低被诊断为轻度认知障碍(MCI)或早期痴呆(AD)患者的照顾者的负担水平。
照顾者(N=73)随机接受 PST 或营养培训(NT)。在干预后 1 年内评估负担测量结果。
与 NT 相比,无论照顾者类型如何,接受 PST 的照顾者的感知负担水平随着时间的推移而逐渐改善。在接受 PST 的 MCI 照顾者中,与认知障碍相关的行为引起的照顾者的痛苦感随着时间的推移保持较低水平,而接受 NT 的 MCI 照顾者的这些负担水平随着时间的推移而升高。接受 PST 的 AD 照顾者的这些负担水平随着时间的推移而降低,而接受 NT 的 AD 照顾者的负担水平随着时间的推移而升高。
在照顾者的早期轨迹中教授 PST 可以改善有相对轻度认知缺陷的家庭成员的照顾者的主观负担水平。