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Table 2 Summary of intervention outcomes

From: Implementing a home-based personalised cognitive rehabilitation intervention for people with mild-to-moderate dementia: GREAT into Practice

Rating

Rated by

Goal 1

Goal 2

 

N

Mean (SD)

Range

N

Mean (SD)

Range

(a) Intervention outcomes as rated by people with dementia, carers and CR practitioners

BGSI-S Initial Readiness to change

Person with dementia

54

7.89 (2.10)

2–10

14

8.61 (1.94)

4–10

BGSI-S Initial Attainment rating

Person with dementia

53

3.84 (2.46)

1–10

14

4.82 (2.37)

1–9

BGSI-S Initial Attainment rating

Carer

44

3.20 (2.39)

1–10

12

4.25 (2.14)

1–9

BGSI-S Initial Attainment rating

CR practitioner

53

3.36 (2.30)

1–10

13

4.23 (1.88)

1–8

BGSI-S Post-intervention Attainment

Person with dementia

50

7.97 (2.14)

0–10

12

7.04 (2.60)

2–10

BGSI-S Post-intervention Attainment

Carer

41

7.54 (2.49)

0–10

10

7.30 (2.16)

3–10

BGSI-S Post-intervention Attainment

CR practitioner

49

8.18 (1.82)

2–10

11

6.91 (2.74)

2–10

BGSI-S Change in Attainment

Person with dementia

49

4.19 (2.81)

-1–9

12

2.58 (3.38)

-3–9

BGSI-S Change in Attainment

Carer

41

4.37 (2.82)

-2–9

10

3.30 (2.87)

0–9

BGSI-S Change in Attainment

CR practitioner

49

4.80 (2.48)

0–9

11

2.82 (3.25)

-2–9

  

N (%)

N (%*)

Level of goal attainment

CR practitioner

n = 49

n = 11

0%

 

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

25%

 

2 (4.1)

2 (19.2)

50%

 

5 (10.2)

1 (9.1)

75%

 

12 (24.5)

4 (36.3)

100%

 

30 (61.2)

3 (27.3)

(b) Classification of rehabilitation goals, based on categories developed in the GREAT trial 

 

Goal 1 n (%)

Goal 2 n (%)*

Using appliances, devices and the internet

15 (27.8)

7 (13.0)

Managing everyday activities, tasks and situations

10 (18.5)

5 (9.3)

Recognising, identifying, and naming

10 (18.5)

1 (1.9)

Engaging in activities and personal projects

8 (14.8)

 

Knowing what is happening

5 (9.3)

 

Retaining or keeping track of information and events

4 (7.4)

1 (1.9)

Locating belongings

1 (1.9)

 

Managing emotions

1 (1.9)

 

Keeping in contact and staying engaged with family and friends

 

1 (1.9)

(c) Satisfaction with the intervention as indicated by survey responses from people with dementia and carers

 

People with dementia, n (%)

Carers, n (%)

Did you find the GREAT CR sessions useful?

n = 41

n = 35

Yes, very useful

32 (76.2)

22 (62.9)

Yes, rather useful

7 (16.7)

13 (37.1)

Did not make much difference

2 (4.8)

0

No, not useful at all

0

0

Would you recommend GREAT CR sessions to other people with memory difficulties or to families affected by memory difficulties?

n = 42

n = 35

Yes

41 (97.6)

34 (97.1)

No

0

1 (2.9)

Not sure

1 (2.4)

0

  1. SD = standard deviation. Changes in attainment scores were calculated as Post-intervention ratings minus Initial ratings, with a higher score indicating greater improvement. Bangor Goal-Setting Interview – Short Version, BGSI-S
  2. *percentages relate to the entire sample of people with dementia (n = 54); 39 of them (72%) had no Goal 2 set
  3. Two of the goals had two components each and only the first ones were included in the classification above (one in ‘Managing
  4. everyday activities, tasks and situation’ and one in ‘Recognising, identifying, and naming’). The other two components were both in
  5. ‘Using appliances, devices and the internet’ category
  6. Cognitive rehabilitation, CR
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