Effect of the WeCareAdvisor™ on family caregiver outcomes in dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Helen C. Kales; Laura N. Gitlin; Barbara Stanislawski; H. Myra Kim; Katherine Marx; Molly Turnwald; Claire Chiang; Constantine G. Lyketsos

doi:10.1186/s12877-018-0801-8

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Change from Baseline to Follow-up in Caregiver and Person with Dementia Measures

From: Effect of the WeCareAdvisor™ on family caregiver outcomes in dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial

	Change from Baseline to Month 1 (value at month 1- value at baseline)								Change from Month 1 to Month 2 (value at month 2- value at month 1)
	WeCare (n=26^a)			Waitlist (N = 30)			Test for group difference in change (WeCare-Waitlist)		Waitlist (N=29^b)
Caregiver	Mean Change± S.D.	t-value	p-value	Mean Change ± S.D.	t-value	p-value	t-value	p_value	Mean Change ± S.D.	t-value	p-value
Confidence in Using Activities (5 items; 0–50)^d	1.00 ± 11.44	0.45	0.660	−6.40 ± 10.30	−3.40	0.002	2.55	0.014	4.38 ± 5.17	4.56	<.0001
Caregiver Distress (14 items; 0–70)^d	− 6.08 ± 6.31	−4.82	<.0001	−1.80 ± 6.36	−1.55	0.132	− 2.49	0.016	−3.72 ± 7.53	− 2.66	0.013
Caregiver Stress (1–5)^d	0.12 ± 1.66	0.36	0.726	0.17 ± 0.99	0.93	0.362	−0.14	0.891	−0.41 ± 1.02	− 2.19	0.037
CES-D for Depression (20 items; 0–60)^d	− 2.08 ± 5.87	−1.77	0.089	− 0.47 ± 7.13	− 0.36	0.723	−0.90	0.370	−0.55 ± 8.63	−0.34	0.733
Burden (12 items; 12–60)^d	− 1.72 ± 6.91	−1.25	0.225	1.30 ± 6.38	1.12	0.274	−1.68	0.098	− 2.76 ± 7.26	−2.05	0.050
Negative Communication (6 items; 6–30)^d	− 1.04 ± 3.56	−1.46	0.158	0.77 ± 3.62	1.16	0.255	−1.86	0.069	−1.48 ± 2.96	−2.70	0.012
Relationship Closeness (6 items; 6–24)^d	0.36 ± 2.33	0.77	0.446	−0.37 ± 4.31	− 0.47	0.645	0.79	0.431	1.07 ± 3.30	1.72	0.097
Person with Dementia
No. of Behaviors^e (0–14)	−1.62 ± 1.77	− 4.66	<.0001	−0.93 ± 2.15	−2.38	0.024	−1.28	0.204	−0.38 ± 1.82	− 1.12	0.272
Behavior Frequency (14 items; 0–56)^f	− 3.60 ± 5.05	−3.56	0.002	−1.90 ± 5.63	−1.85	0.075	−1.17	0.248	−1.86 ± 4.58	− 2.19	0.037
Behavior Severity (14 items; 0–42)^f	− 3.24 ± 3.87	−4.19	0.0003	− 1.47 ± 4.04	−1.99	0.056	−1.65	0.104	−1.45 ± 4.50	−1.73	0.094
NPI Score^f (frequency x severity)	−6.80 ± 10.73	−3.17	0.004	−3.20 ± 10.67	−1.64	0.111	−1.24	0.220	−5.00 ± 14.34	− 1.88	0.071

^aOne subject dropped in Month-1 follow-up
^bOne subject dropped in Month-2 follow-up
^cCan range 0–50; 5 items, each 0–10. Higher scores correspond to greater confidence
^dHigher scores correspond to greater distress, stress, symptoms, burden, negative communication, or closeness,respectively
^eNumber of presence of 14 NPI symptoms
^fHigher scores correspond to greater frequency, severity, or score, respectively

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