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BioMed Central, BMC Psychiatry, 1(13), 2013

DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-13-17

Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 2(10), p. e0116622, 2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116622

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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an internet intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia: design of a randomized controlled trial

Journal article published in 2013 by Marco M. Blom, Judith E. Bosmans ORCID, Rob B. M. Groot Zwaaftink, Pim Cuijpers ORCID, Steve H. Zarit, Anne Margriet Pot
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Abstract

Background: The number of people with dementia is rising rapidly as a consequence of the greying of the world population. There is an urgent need to develop cost effective approaches that meet the needs of people with dementia and their family caregivers. Depression, feelings of burden and caregiver stress are common and serious health problems in these family caregivers. Different kinds of interventions are developed to prevent or reduce the negative psychological consequences of caregiving. The use of internet interventions is still very limited, although they may be a cost effective way to support family caregivers in an earlier stage and diminish their psychological distress in the short and longer run.