期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
卷 33, 期 7, 页码 883-892出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4865
关键词
adaptation-coping model; dementia; Meeting Centres Support Programme; post-diagnostic support; psychosocial interventions
资金
- EU Joint Program - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) [HC-559-018]
- Italy, Ministry of Education
- Netherlands, ZonMw
- Poland, Narodowe Centrum Badan i Rozwoju
- UK, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) National Centre for Research Methods, University of Southampton [ES/L00920X/1]
- Italy, Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)
- ESRC [ES/L00920X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
ObjectivesMEETINGDEM investigated whether the Dutch Meeting Centres Support Programme (MCSP) could be implemented in Italy, Poland, and the UK with comparable benefits. This paper reports on the impact on people living with dementia attending pilot Meeting Centres in the 3 countries. MethodsNine pilot Meeting Centres (MCs) participated (Italy5, Poland2, UK2). Effectiveness of MCSP was compared with Usual Care (UC) on outcomes measuring behavioural and psychological symptoms (NPI), depression (CSDD), and quality of life (DQoL, QOL-AD), analysed by ANCOVAs in a 6-month pre-test/post-test controlled trial. ResultsPre/post data were collected for 85 people with dementia and 93 carers (MCSP) and 74 people with dementia /carer dyads' receiving UC. MCSP showed significant positive effects for DQoL [Self-esteem (F=4.8, P=0.03); Positive Affect (F=14.93, P<0.00); Feelings of Belonging (F=7.77, P=0.01)] with medium and large effect sizes. Higher attendance levels correlated with greater neuropsychiatric symptom reduction (rho=0.24, P=0.03) and a greater increase in feelings of support (rho=0.36, P=0.001). ConclusionsMCSPs showed significant wellbeing and health benefits compared with UC, building on the evidence of effectiveness from the Netherlands. In addition to the previously reported successful implementation of MCSP in Italy, Poland, and the UK, these findings suggest that further international dissemination of MCSP is recommended.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据