Telephone-delivered psychoeducational intervention for Hong Kong Chinese dementia caregivers: A single-blinded randomized controlled trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 1191-1197

  Kwok, Timothy ^a,b   Wong, Bel ^b   Ip, Isaac ^b   Chui, Kenny ^b   Young, Daniel ^b   Ho, Florence ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dementia caregivers; Psychoeducation; Telephone intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVISED SCALE FOR CAREGIVING SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL WORKER; TELEPHONE DELIVERED PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW;

DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; TELEPHONE INTERVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TELEPHONE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84884585673     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S48264     Document Type: Article

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