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This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive
behavior therapy in reducing caregiver burden and anger as well as
improving the physical and mental health among the caregivers of
patients with dementia of Alzheimer’s type in Pakistani culture.
Using the within-subjects design, a sample of eight participants was
selected through purposive sampling from psychiatric and neurology
clinics in Lahore, Pakistan. Therapeutic intervention was comprised
of ten sessions conducted over a period of 5-8 weeks. The main
techniques used were psychoeducation, eliciting cognitive
distortions, cost-benefit analysis, pie chart, evidence for and against,
problem solving, relaxation training, guided imagery, stress
management, nutrition education, sleep hygiene, time management,
and physical activities. Pre and postassessment was done by using
Burden Assessment Scale (Reinhard, Gubman, Horwitz, & Minsky,
1994), General Health Questionnaire-28 (Goldberg, 1972), and
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (Spielberger, 1999).
Descriptive statistics for demographic variables and paired samples
t-test were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the
therapeutic intervention significantly reduced caregiver’s perceived
subjective and objective burden, anger, and significantly improved
physical and mental health. The results of this study point towards the need for devising therapeutic intervention specific to caregivers
of patients with dementia and other psychiatric illnesses.
Sidra Ali, Iram Z. Bokharey. (2015) Efficacy of Cognitive Behavior Therapy among Caregivers of Dementia: An Outcome Study, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, Volume-30, Issue-2.
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