|
Variable
|
Baseline score
|
Follow-up score
|
Between-group differences at follow-up (95% CI)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Caregivers
|
|
RSS
|
|
Intervention
|
25.0
|
24.9
|
1.12 (−1.23 to 3.48)
|
0.35
|
|
Control
|
23.5
|
23.9
| | |
|
GDS
|
|
Intervention a
|
7.7
|
7.6
|
1.70 (0.41 to 3.0)
|
0.01
|
|
Control a
|
5.7
|
6.2
| | |
|
FEERS CC
|
|
Intervention
|
3.8
|
3.3
|
0.16 (− 0.41 to 0.73)
|
0.59
|
|
Control
|
3.4
|
3.4
| | |
|
FEERS EOI
|
|
Intervention
|
6.1
|
6.5
|
0.17 (−0.5 to 0.84)
|
0.61
|
|
Control
|
5.9
|
6.3
| | |
|
FEERS TOTAL
|
|
Intervention
|
10.0
|
9.8
|
0.36 (−0.62 to 1.34)
|
0.47
|
|
Control
|
9.3
|
9.7
| | |
|
Care receivers
|
|
MMSE
|
|
Intervention a
|
21.0
|
17.5
|
−0.78 (−1.78 to 0.22)
|
0.12
|
|
Control a
|
21.5
|
18.5
| | |
|
NPI
|
|
Intervention a
|
4.8
|
5.0
|
−0.29 (−0.83 to 0.26)
|
0.31
|
|
Control a
|
5.4
|
4.9
| | |
|
IADL
|
|
Intervention
|
22.2
|
25.0
|
0.48 (−0.73 to 1.69)
|
0.44
|
|
Control
|
21.4
|
24.6
| | |
|
Cornell
|
|
Intervention a
|
8.2
|
7.5
|
0.34 (−0.81 to 1.49)
|
0.57
|
|
Control a
|
7.9
|
7.1
| | |
- Positive values reflect a decrease in scores compared to baseline. a = Some missing data. FEERS CC Felt Expressed Emotion Rating Scale; criticism, range 0–5. FEERS EOI Felt Expressed Emotion Rating Scale; emotional over involvement, range 0–5, RSS Relatives’ Stress Scale, range 0–6, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, range 0 to 30, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, range 0–30, NPI Neuropsychiatric Inventory (only presence of symptoms, range 0–12), IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, range 7–13. Cornell, range 0–38
