1. Long-term effects of group therapy for patients with mild cognitive impairment and their significant others: A 6- to 8-month follow-up study
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Liesbeth W.A. Joosten-Weyn Banningh, Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert, Roy P.C. Kessels, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Sondra C.F. Roelofs, and Judith B. Prins
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Male ,Sociology and Political Science ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Learned helplessness ,Quality of Care [ONCOL 4] ,Group psychotherapy ,Effective primary care and public health Aetiology, screening and detection [NCEBP 7] ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Alzheimer Centre [DCN PAC - Perception action and control NCEBP 11] ,medicine ,Humans ,Dementia ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Sex Distribution ,Cognitive decline ,Alzheimer Centre [NCEBP 11] ,Spouses ,Cognitive impairment ,Competence (human resources) ,Aged ,Neuro- en revalidatiepsychologie ,Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ,Neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology ,General Social Sciences ,Cognition ,General Medicine ,Plasticity and Memory [DI-BCB_DCC_Theme 3] ,Effective primary care and public health [NCEBP 7] ,medicine.disease ,NCEBP 8 - Psychological determinants of chronic illness DCN PAC - Perception action and control ,Psychological determinants of chronic illness Quality of Care [NCEBP 8] ,Affect ,Treatment Outcome ,Psychological Distance ,Psychotherapy, Group ,Educational Status ,Female ,Psychology ,Quality of hospital and integrated care [NCEBP 4] ,Follow-Up Studies ,Month follow up ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 118735.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) The present study examines the long-term effects of a 10-session cognitive behavioural group therapy for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their significant others 6 to 8 months after completion of the intervention. Forty-seven MCI patients and 47 significant others participated in the follow-up assessment. Results of the RAND-36, Illness Cognition Questionnaire, IQCODE, GDS-15 and Sense of Competence Questionnaire at follow-up were compared with the post-intervention assessment. Our findings showed that the increased level of acceptance in the MCI patients was maintained at follow-up, with an increased insight into their cognitive decline compared with post-intervention assessment (p < 0.001). In both the patients and the significant others, helplessness and wellbeing were worse at follow up (p < 0.05), but sense of competence increased in the significant others (p
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- 2013