Determining care management activities associated with mastery and relationship strain for dementia caregivers.

Objectives: To identify specific care management activities within a dementia care management intervention that are associated with 18-month change in caregiver mastery and relationship strain.

Design: Exploratory analysis, using secondary data (care management processes and caregiver outcomes) from the intervention arm of a clinic-level randomized, controlled trial of a dementia care management quality improvement program.

Setting: Nine primary care clinics in three managed care and fee-for-service southern California healthcare organizations.