Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the adapted Namaste Care program delivered by caregivers of community-dwelling older persons with moderate to advanced dementia: a mixed methods feasibility study

Table 6 Baseline and post-adapted Namaste Care program preliminary effectiveness results (N = 10)

Outcome	Measure	Baseline Mean [SD]	Post-adapted Namaste Care program (3-months) Mean [SD]	Mean difference [95% CI]	P-value
Caregiver wellbeing QOL	C-DEMQOL Carer Wellbeing	17.30 [4.32]	16.20 [4.42]	-1.10 [-2.47, 0.27]	0.102
Caregiver role QOL	C-DEMQOL Carer Role	20.30 [3.20]	20.10 [3.04]	-0.20 [-1.14, 0.74]	0.642
Perceptions of caregiving	PAC	31.80 [4.69]	33.00 [6.94]	1.20 [-3.36, 5.76]	0.566
Self-efficacy	RIS-SE	40.30 [4.99]	41.00 [6.13]	0.70 [-1.98, 3.38]	0.569
Caregiver burden	ZBI-12	24.80 [9.59]	24.30 [8.53]	-0.50 [-4.26, 3.26]	0.770

C-DEMQOL Carers-DEMentia Quality of Life scale, PAC Positive Aspects of Caregiving scale, RIS-SE Relational, Instrumental, Self-soothing Eldercare Self-Efficacy scale, ZBI-12 Short form Zarit Burden Interview scale, CI Confidence Interval

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