Teaching Caregivers of Persons with Dementia to Address Pain.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

Houston VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, United States.

Published: February 2017

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study compares the Preventing Aggression in Veterans with Dementia (PAVeD) intervention to usual care, aiming to reduce aggression in veterans with dementia and improve related outcomes like pain and caregiver relationships.
  • The randomized controlled trial involved 203 veterans living in the community and their caregivers, assessing results at multiple time points over a year.
  • While the PAVeD intervention did not significantly reduce aggression, it did enhance mutuality between caregivers and patients, suggesting a need for more tailored approaches that also involve medical providers.

Article Abstract

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of Preventing Aggression in Veterans with Dementia (PAVeD) with that of usual care in decreasing incidence of aggression (primary outcome) and pain and improving depression, pleasant events, caregiver burden, and patient-caregiver relationship quality (secondary outcomes).

Design: Randomized controlled trial with assessments at baseline and 3, 6, 9, and 12 months SETTING: Houston, TX.

Participants: A total of 203 community-dwelling veterans with pain and dementia and their caregivers.

Intervention: PAVeD, 6 to 8 weekly sessions of 45-minute home visits with masters-level clinicians providing instruction to caregivers on recognizing pain, enhancing communication, and making daily activities pleasant and enjoyable, and at least two elective sessions.

Measurements: Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (primary outcome), Philadelphia Geriatric Pain Intensity Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale, Pleasant Events Schedule-AD, Burden Interview, Mutuality Scale (secondary outcomes), Client Satisfaction Questionnaire.

Results: There were no significant differences in aggression incidence between intervention and control groups, although the PAVeD group had significantly better mutuality than controls.

Conclusions: PAVeD may need to address a broader range and more in-depth coverage of aggression risk factors with person-centered tailoring to target certain types of distress. Interventions to prevent aggression may also need to address medical providers in addition to caregivers.

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