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Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia In Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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: Received: 1 October 2024 / Approved: 2 October 2024 / Online: 2 October 2024 (12:18:34 CEST)
How to cite:
Ahmad, S. A. B. S.; Kabir, Z. N.; Tyrrell, M.; Craftman, Å.; Nasreen, H. E. Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia In Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Preprints2024, 2024100168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0168.v1
Ahmad, S. A. B. S.; Kabir, Z. N.; Tyrrell, M.; Craftman, Å.; Nasreen, H. E. Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia In Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Preprints 2024, 2024100168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0168.v1
Ahmad, S. A. B. S.; Kabir, Z. N.; Tyrrell, M.; Craftman, Å.; Nasreen, H. E. Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia In Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Preprints2024, 2024100168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0168.v1
APA Style
Ahmad, S. A. B. S., Kabir, Z. N., Tyrrell, M., Craftman, Å., & Nasreen, H. E. (2024). Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia In Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0168.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ahmad, S. A. B. S., Åsa Craftman and Hashima E Nasreen. 2024 "Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia In Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0168.v1
Abstract
Identifying effective and accessible interventions for family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) is crucial as the prevalence of dementia increases in Asia. This study investigated the efficacy of a telephone-intervention on reduction of caregiver burden, depressive and anxiety symptoms among family caregivers (FC) of PWD in Malaysia. A single-blinded randomized controlled trial was carried out with 121 FCs of PWD selected from memory or psychiatry clinics in three tertiary hospitals in Malaysia who were randomly allocated into intervention or control group. The intervention group received the psychoeducational intervention delivered by a healthcare staff via telephone for 10 sessions over 12 weeks. The outcome of the intervention was measured by the Malay version of the Zarit Burden Interview and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at baseline and post-intervention. Intention-to-treat analysis shows that caregiver burden, anxiety symptoms, and psychological distress among FCs in the intervention group decreased by 7.57 units (p<0.001), 2.46 units (p<0.001) and 2.98 units (p=0.011) respectively at post-intervention, compared to the differences from baseline to post-intervention in the control group. Policies aimed at integrating the telephone-intervention into memory/psychiatry clinics in Malaysia may help FCs of PWD to reduce their caregiver burden and stress while caring for a family member with dementia.
Keywords
Telephone-intervention; Family caregivers; Persons with dementia; Burden; Anxiety and depression symptoms
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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