Open AccessCognitive Stimulation Therapy
Author(s) -
Katja Werheid,
Barbara Schaubs,
Elisa Aguirre,
Aimee Spector
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
geropsych
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1662-971X
pISSN - 1662-9647
DOI - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000244
Subject(s) - psychosocial , cognition , psychology , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , intervention (counseling) , formative assessment , dementia , psychotherapist , german , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , pedagogy , disease , archaeology , history
. Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a manualized psychosocial group intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia. Because of its broad scientific evidence and cost effectiveness, CST is now used globally. To ensure replicability and quality standards of the intervention in other cultures, Aguirre et al. (2014) developed guidelines for cultural adaptation of CST based on the formative method for adapting psychotherapy (FMAP). Following this community-based approach, we adapted and translated the English CST manual into German, including multiprofessional focus groups, two adaptation cycles, and two pilot CST groups ( n = 13) in different settings representative of the German healthcare system. Effectiveness in both groups was assessed by pre-post comparison of standard scales on cognition, depression, quality of life, and self-efficacy. We were able to replicate previous findings of improved cognition as measured by the ADAS-Cog, with effect sizes in the same range as in previous randomized controlled trials. Additionally, self-efficacy increased in post-test compared to the pre-test, indicating that CST might trigger cognition through positive, self-rewarding activation.