Table 11: Summary of Mahoney et al., 2003 (38)^*.

Study / Year	Population	Description of Intervention	Outcome/ Follow-Up	Results
Mahoney et al. (38) 2003	N=100 Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) CG: Provided 4 or more hr/day of assistance or supervision for a minimum of 6 months to a family member with AD	Intervention: Information technology: 12-month access to an interactive voice response (IVR) mediated system, which was designed to assist CG managing persons with disruptive behaviours related to AD Participants chose the type of component, freq, duration and timing	Bothersome nature of CR disruptive behaviours Anxiety Depression Mediating effect of CG mastery was also examined Baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months	At 18 months: No significant main effect of the intervention in reducing bother scores, depression scores, or state anxiety.
		Control: usual care (reference booklet containing similar content to module 1 of the intervention (strategies)

^*CG indicates caregiver; CR, care recipient.