Benefits of psychodynamic group therapy on depression, burden and quality of life of family caregivers to Alzheimer’s disease patients
Título del documento: Benefits of psychodynamic group therapy on depression, burden and quality of life of family caregivers to Alzheimer’s disease patients
Revista: Archives of clinical psychiatry
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000394250
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Institucions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
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Període: Nov-Dic
Volum: 42
Número: 6
Paginació: 157-160
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés Family members providing continuous care to demented patients suffer from severe burden that impairs quality of life and often evolves to depression. Objective This study aims to evaluate the effect of psychodynamic group psychotherapy (PGT) compared to body awareness therapy (BAT) on caregiver burden, depressive symptoms, and quality of life among family caregivers to Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. Methods Thirty-seven healthy family caregivers were randomly allocated to receive PGT (n = 20) or BAT (n = 17). Interventions were administered in the format of 14 weekly group sessions. Outcome measures were: modification of scores on Zarit Burden Scale, Beck Depression Inventory and WHO-QoL Scale. Results Participants in the PGT group displayed significant reduction on burden (p = 0.01) and depression scores (p = 0.005), and improved quality of life (p = 0.002), whereas those in the BAT group showed improvements in burden of care (p = 0.001) and quality of life (p = 0.01), but not on depressive symptoms (p = 0.13). Discussion Psychodynamic psychotherapy was associated with amelioration of depressive symptoms, but overall benefits on burden of care and quality of life were similar irrespective of the type of intervention, i.e., psychologically-oriented or not. We hypothesize that these interventions can be complementary to improve depression and burden of care among family caregivers of AD patients
Disciplines Medicina
Paraules clau: Psiquiatría,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer,
Cuidadores,
Depresión,
Sobrecarga,
Calidad de vida,
Psicoterapia de grupo,
Psicodinámica,
Terapia de conciencia corporal
Keyword: Medicine,
Psychiatry,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Alzheimer disease,
Caregivers,
Depression,
Burden,
Quality of life,
Group psychotherapy,
Psychodynamics,
Body awarness therapy
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