START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) study: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a manual-based coping strategy programme in promoting the mental health of carers of people with dementia

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 61, 2014, Pages 1-242

  Livingston, Gill ^a,b   Barber, Julie ^a   Rapaport, Penny ^a,b   Knapp, Martin ^c,d   Griffin, Mark ^a   Romeo, Renee ^d   King, Derek ^c   Livingston, Debbie ^a   Lewis Holmes, Elanor ^a   Mummery, Cath ^e   Walker, Zuzana ^a,f   Hoe, Juanita ^a   Cooper, Claudia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84901915267     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta18610     Document Type: Article

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