Long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of psychological intervention for family carers of people with dementia: A single-blind, randomised, controlled trial

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 539-548

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e St Pancras Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CAREGIVER; CLIENT SERVICE RECEIPT INVENTORY; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODIFIED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84919462085     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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