TY - JOUR
T1 - Acceptability of a guided self-help internet intervention for family caregivers: mastery over dementia
AU - Pot, A.M.
AU - Blom, M.M.
AU - Willemse, B.M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Background: The number of people with dementia is increasing rapidly. Providing care to a relative or friend with dementia may lead to serious mental health problems. Internet interventions may offer opportunities to improve the availability and accessibility of (cost)effective interventions to reduce family caregivers' psychological distress. This study describes the acceptability of a guided self-help Internet intervention "mastery over dementia" (MoD), aimed at reducing caregivers' psychological distress, in terms of reach, adherence and user evaluation. Methods: The sample for this study is the experimental group that participated in the (cost)effectiveness trial of MoD (N = 149). Data on characteristics of family caregivers and people with dementia, completion and user evaluation were used and analyzed with descriptive statistics, χ
AB - Background: The number of people with dementia is increasing rapidly. Providing care to a relative or friend with dementia may lead to serious mental health problems. Internet interventions may offer opportunities to improve the availability and accessibility of (cost)effective interventions to reduce family caregivers' psychological distress. This study describes the acceptability of a guided self-help Internet intervention "mastery over dementia" (MoD), aimed at reducing caregivers' psychological distress, in terms of reach, adherence and user evaluation. Methods: The sample for this study is the experimental group that participated in the (cost)effectiveness trial of MoD (N = 149). Data on characteristics of family caregivers and people with dementia, completion and user evaluation were used and analyzed with descriptive statistics, χ
U2 - 10.1017/S1041610215000034
DO - 10.1017/S1041610215000034
M3 - Article
SN - 1041-6102
VL - 27
SP - 1343
EP - 1354
JO - International Psychogeriatrics
JF - International Psychogeriatrics
IS - 8
ER -