RT Journal Article
T1 Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving grief and depression in caregivers of people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
A1 Sánchez Alcón, Miriam
A1 Sánchez Ramos, José Luis
A1 Garrido Fernández, Almudena
A1 Sosa Cordobés, Elena
A1 Ortega Galán, Ángela María
A1 Ramos Pichardo, Juan Diego
AB Caregivers of people suffering from dementia may go through a grieving process prior to the death of the cared-for person, which is related to mental health and physical problems. Interventions aimed at improving grief and depression are being used in response to these difficulties. The aim of this study was to synthesize and evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving the grief process in home-based caregivers of people with dementia with the aim ofreducing grief and depression. A systematic review, including a meta-analysis,was designed. Following the PRISMA guideline, original articles were searched in thedatabases: Medline, WOS, Scopus and PsycINFO, up to September 2022. Articlesthat evaluated interventions aimed at improving the grief process in caregiversof people with dementia, whose care recipients were alive at the beginning of thestudy at minimum and living at home were selected. Grief and depression wereconsidered outcome variables. A meta-analysiswas carried out with a fixed effectsmodel for these variables and for the domains of the Caregiver Grief Scale (CGS).Eight articles met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Most of the interventionsaimed at improving the grief process showed an improvement in grief anddepression. The "emotional pain" and "absolute loss" domains of the CGS stood outwith an improvement in these variables. Interventions aimed at improving the griefprocess are relatively effective in reducing grief and depression. Interventions thatare even more effective and more robust studies are needed.
PB Wiley
SN 1445-8330
SN 1447-0349 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22148
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22148
LA eng
NO Sánchez‐Alcón, M., Sánchez‐Ramos, J. L., Garrido‐Fernández, A., Sosa‐Cordobés, E., Ortega‐Galán, Á. M., & Ramos‐Pichardo, J. D. (2023). Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving grief and depression in caregivers of people with dementia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. In International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13142
NO The Spanish Ministry of Universities has supported the first author of this research through the University Teacher Training Programme, with reference number (FPU19/04001). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva / CBUA.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026