Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups: a randomized, controlled trial.
Caring for a family member with dementia is extremely stressful, contributes to psychiatric and physical illness among caregivers, and increases the risk for caregiver death. Finding better ways to support family caregivers is a major public health challenge. ⋯ A structured multicomponent intervention adapted to individual risk profiles can increase the quality of life of ethnically diverse dementia caregivers. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00177489.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The effect of a disease management intervention on quality and outcomes of dementia care: a randomized, controlled trial.
Adherence to dementia guidelines is poor despite evidence that some guideline recommendations can improve symptoms and delay institutionalization of patients. ⋯ A dementia guideline-based disease management program led to substantial improvements in quality of care for patients with dementia. Current Controlled Trials identifier: ISRCTN72577751.
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Little is known about the timing and stability of internal medicine resident career decisions during the course of residency training. ⋯ In a subset of internal medicine residents in the class of 2004, career decisions changed late into residency training and enthusiasm for careers in general internal medicine remained low.