Life Enhancing Activities for Family Caregivers of people with dementia: protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a positive affect skills intervention.

IF 1.4 Q4 MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2018-01-01 Epub Date: 2018-02-07 DOI:10.2147/oajct.s150597
Alice Verstaen, Judith T Moskowitz, Karin E Snowberg, Jennifer Merrilees, Glenna A Dowling
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Given the increasing number of family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) and the associated burden and detriments to both physical and mental health, interventions that aim to improve such outcomes are important. Studies are increasingly demonstrating the unique importance of positive emotions in coping with stress, independent from the impact of negative emotions. However, none have examined the benefits of interventions that target positive emotions for caregivers of individuals with a chronic and debilitating disease such as dementia. This paper presents the design and methods for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a positive affect skills intervention for family caregivers of PWD. The RCT is of a skills-based intervention that seeks to increase the frequency and intensity of positive affect in order to improve outcomes such as well-being, coping, and physical and mental health. The skills are delivered by trained facilitators via five one-to-one Internet video sessions with family caregivers of persons diagnosed with dementia (eg, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, unspecified). The control group is an emotion reporting/waitlist control. Follow-up assessments are conducted post-intervention and at 1, 3, and 6 months post-completion of the intervention. This study promises to be an important and needed step toward improving the lives of caregivers of PWD.

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痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的生活增强活动:积极影响技能干预的随机对照试验方案。
鉴于痴呆症患者的家庭照护者越来越多,以及相关的负担和对身心健康的损害,旨在改善这种结果的干预措施非常重要。越来越多的研究表明,积极情绪在应对压力方面的独特重要性,独立于消极情绪的影响。然而,没有人研究过以积极情绪为目标的干预措施对患有慢性和衰弱性疾病(如痴呆症)的患者的照顾者的好处。本文介绍了一项针对残疾家庭照顾者的积极影响技能干预的随机对照试验(RCT)的设计和方法。RCT是一种基于技能的干预,旨在增加积极影响的频率和强度,以改善幸福感、应对能力和身心健康等结果。这些技能由训练有素的辅导员通过与被诊断患有痴呆症(如阿尔茨海默病、血管性痴呆,未指明)的人的家庭照顾者进行的五次一对一互联网视频会议传授。控制组是情绪报告/等待列表控制组。在干预后以及干预完成后1、3和6个月进行随访评估。这项研究有望成为改善残疾患者护理人员生活的重要且必要的一步。
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