Article: Effects of Phone-Based Psychological Intervention on Caregivers of Patients with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: A Six-Months Study during the COVID-19 Emergency in Italy.
2022 Volume 12, Issue 3
Abstract: Caregivers of patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) experience higher level of burden, stress, and depression, due to premature role changes and social isolation. Moreover, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic compelled restrictions regarding social ... ...
| Abstract | Caregivers of patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) experience higher level of burden, stress, and depression, due to premature role changes and social isolation. Moreover, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic compelled restrictions regarding social interactions and mobility in Italy from March 2020, prompting telemedicine approaches for supporting patients and their families confined at home. We reported our experience regarding the effects of psychological phone-intervention (phone-I) on EOAD caregivers during pandemic. Twenty caregivers of EOAD patients were randomly assigned to treatment (TG) or control (CG) group. TG weekly underwent a phone-I for one month. All participants were assessed for caregiver burden and needs, anxiety and depression levels, and subjective impact of traumatic events at baseline (T0), at the fifth week (T1) and after 6 months (T2) from phone-I. We observed higher vulnerability to post-traumatic stress in TG compared to CG in all timepoints ( |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-02-24 |
| Publishing country | Switzerland |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2651993-8 |
| ISSN | 2076-3425 |
| ISSN | 2076-3425 |
| DOI | 10.3390/brainsci12030310 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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