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These researchers investigated whether a clinical nursing
intervention that taught family caregivers and their cancer patients skills
to better manage the patients' symptoms would reduce caregiver depressive
symptomatology. Two hundred thirty-seven patient/caregiver dyads were recruited
for the study. These dyads were randomized into either the 10-contact, 20-week
experimental intervention group (n=118), which focused on assisting the patient
and caregiver in managing patient symptoms and reducing emotional distress,
or to a conventional care control group (n=119). A longitudinal random effects
regression analysis did not indicate that the clinical nursing intervention
was effective in decreasing caregiver depression over the 20-week course of
the study. The relationship of the intervention to caregiver depressive symptomatology
seems to be a complex one. The investigators recommend further research to
explore whether a lengthened intervention and/or delayed follow-up might reveal
delayed positive effects of such interventions. Kurtz ME, Kurtz JC, Given
CW, Given B. J
Pain Symptom Manage. 2005 Aug;30(2):112-22.
PMID: 16125026
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16125026&query_hl=2
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