Effects of modified 8‐week reminiscence therapy on the older spouse caregivers of stroke survivors in Chinese communities: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract

The use of a modified 8-week reminiscence therapy in this study sample improved the life satisfaction of stroke survivors and their spouse caregivers, improved the positive experience of caregivers, and decreased the burden of caregivers.

Effect of reminiscence therapy based on positive psychology theory (RTBPPT) on the positive feelings of the spousal caregivers of elderly patients with advanced cancer in China

“…In terms of caregiving burden, the caregivers in the experimental group experienced a lower level of burden than that for caregivers in the control group following the intervention. This result confirms previous findings (Mei et al., 2018; Woods, Spector, Jones, Orrell, & Davies, 2005). There are three possible reasons for this result.…”

“…At present, in addition to being widely used with dementia patients, RT is applied to groups such as elderly individuals (Yao, Lin, & Liu, 2018), women (Musavi, Mohammadian, & Mohammadinezhad, 2017), veterans (Chueh & Chang, 2014) and cancer patients (Ando, Morita, Akechi, & Okamoto, 2010). Recently, researchers have applied RT to the caregivers of patients with senile dementia or stroke (Charlesworth et al, 2016;Fletcher & Eckberg, 2014;Mei, Lin, Li, Ding, & Zhang, 2018). The results show that RT was able to lighten the burdens of caregivers and to improve their quality of life and positive feelings.…”

Interventions for Psychological Health of Stroke Caregivers: A Systematic Review

“…Significant improvements in burden were reported by studies conducted by psychologists using psychological techniques (King et al, 2012; Mei et al, 2018; Kootker et al, 2019), by studies conducted by operators other than psychologists but still using psychological techniques (Perrin et al, 2010; Graf et al, 2017; Cheng et al, 2018; Mores et al, 2018), or nursing skill training (Araujo et al, 2018), nursing support (Burton and Gibbon, 2005), and psychoeducation (Oupra et al, 2010; Kim et al, 2012; Inci and Temel, 2016). Non-significant results on caregivers' burden and stress were found mostly in studies with non-psychological operators using non-psychological techniques (Grasel et al, 2005; Tilling et al, 2005; Louie et al, 2006; Björkdahl et al, 2007; Forster et al, 2013; Hirsch et al, 2014).…”

“…Studies with significant outcomes in the WA were often conducted by psychologists using psychological techniques (Wilz and Barskova, 2007; Pfeiffer et al, 2014; Mei et al, 2018), by nurses using psychoeducation (Bakas et al, 2009; Chang et al, 2013), or by other therapists using mediational techniques (Kim and Kang, 2013; Bunketorp-Käll et al, 2017).…”

“…A further step in the treatment of psychological issues seems to be provided by psychological interventions. Indeed, as reported in Table 1, all the studies with psychological interventions and including a psychologist as the operator yielded significant results regarding caregivers' psychological outcomes, such as significant improvements in depression, anxiety, well-being area, and strain (Wilz and Barskova, 2007; King et al, 2012; Pfeiffer et al, 2014; Ward et al, 2016; Mei et al, 2018). This result also occurred for the intervention with augmented CBT mainly targeting patients but also showing positive effects for caregivers (Kootker et al, 2019).…”