Worksite-Based Internet Multimedia Program for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia Export

@article{citeulike:440084, abstract = {Purpose: Our goal was to evaluate the efficacy of a multimedia support program delivered over the Internet to employed family caregivers of persons with dementia. Design and Methods: The evaluation of this program involved 299 employed family caregivers participating in a pretest-posttest randomized clinical trial with a 30-day follow-up and a waitlist control condition. Validated instruments include the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Caregiver Strain scale from Benjamin Rose, and Positive Aspects of Caregiving used in the nationwide REACH study. Results: Those who viewed Caregiver's Friend: Dealing with Dementia 30 days postexposure demonstrated significant improvements in depression, anxiety, level and frequency of stress, caregiver strain, self-efficacy, and intention to seek help, as well as perceptions of positive aspects of caregiving. Implications: Interactive multimedia interventions delivered over the Internet appear to be uniquely suited to provide low-cost, effective, convenient, individually tailored programs that present educational information, cognitive and behavioral skills, and affective learning opportunities. This makes Web-based multimedia a promising avenue for work-life balance programs, employee-assistance providers, and organizations interested in improving family caregiver health and well-being.}, author = {Beauchamp, Natasha and Irvine, Blair A. and Seeley, John and Johnson, Brian}, citeulike-article-id = {440084}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/6/793}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16326661}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16326661}, comment = {Comparable to ACISS system Estey worked on at HEALTHvision with Rita Zielstorff and Laila Vehvilainen}, journal = {Gerontologist}, keywords = {family-caregiver-support, multimedia-education}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {793--801}, posted-at = {2005-12-16 19:44:26}, priority = {3}, title = {Worksite-Based Internet Multimedia Program for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia}, url = {http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/6/793}, volume = {45}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:440084 L3 - citeulike-article-id:440084 N2 - Purpose: Our goal was to evaluate the efficacy of a multimedia support program delivered over the Internet to employed family caregivers of persons with dementia. Design and Methods: The evaluation of this program involved 299 employed family caregivers participating in a pretest-posttest randomized clinical trial with a 30-day follow-up and a waitlist control condition. Validated instruments include the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Caregiver Strain scale from Benjamin Rose, and Positive Aspects of Caregiving used in the nationwide REACH study. Results: Those who viewed Caregiver's Friend: Dealing with Dementia 30 days postexposure demonstrated significant improvements in depression, anxiety, level and frequency of stress, caregiver strain, self-efficacy, and intention to seek help, as well as perceptions of positive aspects of caregiving. Implications: Interactive multimedia interventions delivered over the Internet appear to be uniquely suited to provide low-cost, effective, convenient, individually tailored programs that present educational information, cognitive and behavioral skills, and affective learning opportunities. This makes Web-based multimedia a promising avenue for work-life balance programs, employee-assistance providers, and organizations interested in improving family caregiver health and well-being. IS - 6 JF - Gerontologist EP - 801 TI - Worksite-Based Internet Multimedia Program for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia VL - 45 SP - 793 KW - family-caregiver-support KW - multimedia-education N1 - Comparable to ACISS system Estey worked on at HEALTHvision with Rita Zielstorff and Laila Vehvilainen AU - Beauchamp, Natasha AU - Irvine, Blair AU - Seeley, John AU - Johnson, Brian PY - 2005/12/01/ UR - http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/6/793 ER -