Why did an effective Dutch complex psycho-social intervention for people with dementia not work in the German healthcare context? Lessons learnt from a process evaluation alongside a multicentre RCT

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Voigt Radloff, Sebastian ^a   Graff, Maud ^b   Leonhart, Rainer ^c   Hüll, Michael ^a   Rikkert, Marcel Olde ^b   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING ASSESSMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW FOR DETERIORATION IN DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEIVE, RECALL, PLAN AND PERFORM SYSTEM OF TASK ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84956775860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000094     Document Type: Article

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