Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of coping strategies intervention on caregiver burden among caregivers of elderly patients with dementia.
Coping strategies are a potential way to improve interventions designed to manage the caregiver burden of dementia. The purpose of this study was to develop an intervention targeted towards improving coping strategies and to examine its effectiveness on reducing caregiver burden. ⋯ Psychosocial intervention can help caregivers to adopt more problem-focused and social support coping strategies, which are beneficial in terms of reducing the caregiver burden.