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O3‐03‐01: A randomized controlled trial of the effect of the start (strategies for relatives) intervention: The effect on family caregiver's potentially harmful behavior to people with dementia
Author(s) -
Livingston Gill,
Barber Julie,
Rapaport Penny,
Griffin Mark,
Cooper Claudia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.07.248
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , dementia , psychological intervention , randomization , intervention (counseling) , family caregivers , caregiver burden , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , disease , surgery , pathology
men; 296women, mean age 73,066,7) were followed up for incidence estimation. After 2 years of follow up, 23 (2,38%) incident cases of dementia all-types were identified: 8 (1,71%) cases in urban area, 37,5% men and 62,5% women, and in 15 (3,00%) cases in rural area, 33,4% men and 66,6% women. Conclusions:These preliminary results point out the fact that dementia is an important public health concern for low and middle-income countries like Congo. Detailed statistical analyses are undergoing, more detailed results on the age and sex-specific incidence will be presented during the conference.