Feasibility and effectiveness of a telephone-based social support intervention for informal caregivers of people with dementia: Study protocol of the TALKING TIME project

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Berwig, Martin ^a,b   Dichter, Martin Nikolaus ^b,c   Albers, Bernd ^b,c   Wermke, Katharina ^a   Trutschel, Diana ^b   Seismann Petersen, Swantje ^b   Halek, Margareta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Health related quality of life; Informal caregivers; Psycho social intervention; Social support; Telephone based intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018501476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2231-2     Document Type: Article

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