{"title":"为处于社会隔离状态的被诊断为痴呆症患者的照护者提供社会心理干预。","authors":"Grace Wei, Olivier Piguet, Fiona Kumfor","doi":"10.1159/000535207","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Growing research has shown the negative impact of social isolation on the health and psychological well-being of individuals with dementia and their carers. This study investigated the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention for dementia carers during a lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-three family carers of individuals diagnosed with dementia living in the community were recruited and provided with an online psychoeducation toolkit that aims to improve health literacy, management of social and behavioural symptoms in dementia, carer social engagement, and coping skills. Carers were divided into \"mild\" or \"moderate\" groups based on the disease severity of the person with dementia they cared for. Outcome measures including distress and severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms, carer self-efficacy and burden, social network, and feelings of loneliness were assessed at baseline and 2 weeks later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Carers in the moderate group reported higher levels of distress (<i>p</i> = 0.001) and severity (<i>p</i> < 0.001) of neuropsychiatric symptoms and greater carer burden (<i>p</i> = 0.003) than carers in the mild group. Following the intervention, both groups reported increased social networks (<i>p</i> = 0.001). In addition, carers in the moderate group reported significantly reduced distress for neuropsychiatric symptoms (<i>p</i> = 0.013), enhanced carer self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts (<i>p</i> = 0.040), and decreased loneliness (<i>p</i> = 0.023).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrated that psychosocial interventions improve outcomes for carers of individuals with dementia, particularly those caring for individuals with greater disease severity. Findings from this study will inform the development of support services that meet the evolving needs of individuals with dementia and their carers in social isolation, during and in a post-pandemic context.</p>","PeriodicalId":38017,"journal":{"name":"Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10721235/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"A Psychosocial Intervention for Carers of Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia in Social Isolation.\",\"authors\":\"Grace Wei, Olivier Piguet, Fiona Kumfor\",\"doi\":\"10.1159/000535207\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Growing research has shown the negative impact of social isolation on the health and psychological well-being of individuals with dementia and their carers. 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Outcome measures including distress and severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms, carer self-efficacy and burden, social network, and feelings of loneliness were assessed at baseline and 2 weeks later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Carers in the moderate group reported higher levels of distress (<i>p</i> = 0.001) and severity (<i>p</i> < 0.001) of neuropsychiatric symptoms and greater carer burden (<i>p</i> = 0.003) than carers in the mild group. Following the intervention, both groups reported increased social networks (<i>p</i> = 0.001). 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A Psychosocial Intervention for Carers of Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia in Social Isolation.
Introduction: Growing research has shown the negative impact of social isolation on the health and psychological well-being of individuals with dementia and their carers. This study investigated the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention for dementia carers during a lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Twenty-three family carers of individuals diagnosed with dementia living in the community were recruited and provided with an online psychoeducation toolkit that aims to improve health literacy, management of social and behavioural symptoms in dementia, carer social engagement, and coping skills. Carers were divided into "mild" or "moderate" groups based on the disease severity of the person with dementia they cared for. Outcome measures including distress and severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms, carer self-efficacy and burden, social network, and feelings of loneliness were assessed at baseline and 2 weeks later.
Results: Carers in the moderate group reported higher levels of distress (p = 0.001) and severity (p < 0.001) of neuropsychiatric symptoms and greater carer burden (p = 0.003) than carers in the mild group. Following the intervention, both groups reported increased social networks (p = 0.001). In addition, carers in the moderate group reported significantly reduced distress for neuropsychiatric symptoms (p = 0.013), enhanced carer self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts (p = 0.040), and decreased loneliness (p = 0.023).
Conclusions: This study demonstrated that psychosocial interventions improve outcomes for carers of individuals with dementia, particularly those caring for individuals with greater disease severity. Findings from this study will inform the development of support services that meet the evolving needs of individuals with dementia and their carers in social isolation, during and in a post-pandemic context.
期刊介绍:
This open access and online-only journal publishes original articles covering the entire spectrum of cognitive dysfunction such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea and other neurodegenerative diseases. The journal draws from diverse related research disciplines such as psychogeriatrics, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, morphology, physiology, genetic molecular biology, pathology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology and pharmaceutics. Strong emphasis is placed on the publication of research findings from animal studies which are complemented by clinical and therapeutic experience to give an overall appreciation of the field. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra provides additional contents based on reviewed and accepted submissions to the main journal Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra .