The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomised controlled trial

Orrell, Martin, Yates, Lauren, Leung, Phuong, Kang, Sujin, Hoare, Zoe, Whitaker, Chris, Burns, Alistair, Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215, Leroi, Iracema, Moniz-Cook, Esme, Pearson, Stephen, Simpson, Stephen, Spector, Aimee, Roberts, Steven, Russell, Ian, de Waal, Hugo, Woods, Robert T. and Orgeta, Vasiliki (2017) The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 14 (3). pp. 1-22. ISSN 1549-1277

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Abstract

Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a well-established group psychosocial intervention for people with dementia. There is evidence that home-based programmes of cognitive stimulation delivered by family caregivers may benefit both the person and the caregiver. However, no previous studies have evaluated caregiver-delivered CST. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based, caregiver-led individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) program in (i) improving cognition and quality of life (QoL) for the person with dementia and (ii) mental and physical health (well-being) for the caregiver.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Authors © CC BY 4.0
Divisions:	Social Policy Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2017 13:47
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 01:27
Projects:	08/116/06
Funders:	National Institute for Health Research
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72154

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