TY - JOUR
T1 - The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH)
T2 - Project design and baseline characteristics
AU - Wisniewski, Stephen R.
AU - Belle, Steven H.
AU - Marcus, Susan M.
AU - Burgio, Louis D.
AU - Coon, David W.
AU - Ory, Marcia G.
AU - Burns, Robert
AU - Schulz, Richard
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Cargiver Health (REACH) project was designed to test promising interventions for enhancing family caregiving for persons with dementia. The purpose of this article is to describe the research design, interventions, and outcome measures used in REACH and to characterize the sample recruited for the study. Nine interventions and 2 control conditions were implemented at 6 sites; 1,222 dyads were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control condition. The caregiver sample was 18.6% male with an average age of 62.3 years (56% Caucasian, 24% Black, and 19% Hispanic). Caregivers reported high levels of depressive symptoms and moderate burden. Care recipients were older, with a mean age of 79, and were moderately to severely impaired with mean Mini-Mental State Exam scores of 13/30.
AB - The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Cargiver Health (REACH) project was designed to test promising interventions for enhancing family caregiving for persons with dementia. The purpose of this article is to describe the research design, interventions, and outcome measures used in REACH and to characterize the sample recruited for the study. Nine interventions and 2 control conditions were implemented at 6 sites; 1,222 dyads were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control condition. The caregiver sample was 18.6% male with an average age of 62.3 years (56% Caucasian, 24% Black, and 19% Hispanic). Caregivers reported high levels of depressive symptoms and moderate burden. Care recipients were older, with a mean age of 79, and were moderately to severely impaired with mean Mini-Mental State Exam scores of 13/30.
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U2 - 10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.375
DO - 10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.375
M3 - Article
C2 - 14518801
AN - SCOPUS:0141674899
VL - 18
SP - 375
EP - 384
JO - Psychology and Aging
JF - Psychology and Aging
SN - 0882-7974
IS - 3
ER -