TY  - SER
AU  - Cooper, Claudia
AU  - Barber, Julie
AU  - Griffin, Mark
AU  - Rapaport, Penny
AU  - Livingston, Gill
TI  - Effectiveness of START psychological intervention in reducing abuse by dementia family carers : : randomized controlled trial
PY  - 2016///
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - CAREGIVERS
KW  - DEMENTIA
KW  - ELDER ABUSE
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
N1  - International Psychogeriatrics, 2016, 28(6): 881-887
N2  - The researchers investigated whether START (STrAtegies for RelaTives), a psychological intervention which reduces depression and anxiety in family carers also reduces abusive behavior in carers of people living in their own homes. They also explored the longitudinal course of carer abusive behavior over two years. 260 carers were recruited for the randomized controlled trial. The researchers concluded that there was no evidence that START, which reduced carer anxiety and depression, reduced carer abusive behavior. It was noted that for ethical reasons, they frequently intervened to manage concerning abuse reported in both groups, which may have disguised an intervention effect. (From the abstract). Record #4989
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610215002033
ER  -