P4‐463: Savvy Express: a Pilot Study to Determine the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Outcomes of a Psycheducational and Skill‐building Intervention for Care Partners of Persons Living With Dementia
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: We piloted a 3-session psychoeducational program for family care partners to address the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of Savvy Express. Based on a single-group, pre- and post-test intervention design, we examined post-intervention and 3-month data on 116 English-speaking racially/ethnically diverse care partners caring for a family member with ADRD in the community. Most care partners were either adult children, or spouses caring for someone with AD or other dementia. Two of three participants completed all 3 classes. Our findings indicate significant improvements in caregiver levels of depressive symptomatology and anxiety, competence, management of the situation, reduction of expectations, making positive comparisons, and reactivity to the family member's memory behavior. Upwards of 90% would recommend the program to other caregivers. Savvy Express is a brief caregiver intervention with high acceptability and feasibility. Improvements in care partner psychosocial outcomes signal a promising practice to reduce the burden of caregiving.
Source: Alzheimer s & Dementia
Authors: Maria P. Aranda, Debra L. Cherry
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2980705636