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The Development of an Evidence-Based Telephone-Coached Bibliotherapy Protocol for Improving Dementia Caregiving Appraisal

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  • Shanshan Wang

    (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    WHO Collaborating Center for Community Health Services, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, #101 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, China)

  • Daphne Sze Ki Cheung

    (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China)

  • Daniel Bressington

    (College of Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0815, Australia)

  • Yan Li

    (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China)

  • Angela Yee Man Leung

    (School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    WHO Collaborating Center for Community Health Services, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

Caregiving appraisal is the caregivers’ cognitive evaluation of caregiving stressors. It determines the caregiving outcomes and caregiver health. Dementia caregivers have shown relatively negative caregiving appraisals. However, there is a lack of interventions to improve caregiving appraisal. This study describes the multi-phase process of developing and validating an evidence-based bibliotherapy protocol for improving the caregiving appraisal of informal caregivers of people with dementia. Two phases were included in the development: In Phase 1, a series of reviews of theory and evidence were conducted to identify the theoretical underpinnings, the core components, the dosage, and the mode of delivery of evidence-based bibliotherapy. In Phase 2, focus groups consisting of an expert panel of 16 clinicians and academics were used to validate the intervention protocol. Evidence synthesis was used in Phase 1 to formulate a draft intervention protocol. Content analysis was used in Phase 2 to work out the principles to revise the intervention protocol. The validated evidence-based bibliotherapy protocol included eight weekly sessions, and each session targeted improving one aspect of the essential factors that influence caregiving appraisal. This study provided a culturally sensitive and contextually appropriate evidence-based bibliotherapy protocol ready to be tested in a clinical trial.

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  • Shanshan Wang & Daphne Sze Ki Cheung & Daniel Bressington & Yan Li & Angela Yee Man Leung, 2022. "The Development of an Evidence-Based Telephone-Coached Bibliotherapy Protocol for Improving Dementia Caregiving Appraisal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-9, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:14:p:8731-:d:865207
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