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. 2008 Oct 1;8(4):1–98.
Executive Summary Table 1: Summary of Conclusions on Caregiver-Directed Interventions
Executive Summary Table 2: Summary of Conclusions on Patient-Directed Interventions*
Executive Summary Table 3: Overall Summary Statement of the Benefit and Risk for Patient-Directed Interventions*
Executive Summary Table 4: Annual Budget Impact (2008 Canadian Dollars)
Table 1: Canada Dementia Prevalence by 5-Year Age Groups (1994)
Table 2: Total Net Costs of Dementia in Canada From the Canadian Study on Health Aging (15)
Table 3: Numbers of Studies According to Research Design and Type of Respite Care and Short-Term Break for Carers for People with Dementia* (n=51)
Table 4: Summary of Key Characteristics of Studies Examined in the Cochrane Review of Respite Care
Table 5: Summary of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Dementia Caregiver Interventions*
Table 6: Summary of Randomized Controlled Trial by Graff et al. 2006, 2007 (35;36)
Table 7: Outcomes in Patients with Dementia and Caregivers in Intention-to-Treat Population at 6- and 12-week Time Points*
Table 8: Additional Caregiver Outcomes at 6 Weeks*
Table 9: Additional Caregiver Outcomes at 12 Weeks*
Table 10: Summary of Randomized Controlled Trial by Teri et al., 2005 (37)*
Table 11: Summary of Mahoney et al., 2003 (38)*
Table 12: Summary of Burgio et al. 2003 (39)*
Table 13: Quality of Individual Behavioural Intervention Trials According to GRADE*
Table 14: Quality of Individual Behavioural Intervention Trials According to GRADE*
Table 15: Summary of Belle et al. 2006 (40)*
Table 16: Clinical Depression of Caregivers and Institutional Placement of Care Recipients at 6-Month Follow-Up*
Table 17: Quality of Multicomponent Intervention Trials According to GRADE*
Table 18: Summary of Systematic Reviews for Physical Activity in Seniors with Dementia*
Table 19: Quality of Trials According to GRADE
Table 20: Overall Summary Statement of the Benefit and Risk
Table 21: Quality of Evidence of Included Studies*
Table 22: Summary of Systematic Reviews for Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Improve Cognitive Functioning in Seniors With Mild to moderate Dementia*
Table 23: Results of the Randomized Controlled Trial by Spector et al. (57)*
Table 24: Quality of Trials According to GRADE*
Table 25: Overall Summary Statement of Benefit and Risk
Table 26: Quality of Evidence of Included Studies*
Table 27: Summary of Observational Studies That Examine the Effect of Exercise on Cognitive Decline*
Table 28: Summary of Observational Studies That Examine the Effect of Exercise on the Incidence of Dementia
Table 29: Results from Roivio et al. (68)
Table 30: Quality of Trials According to GRADE
Table 31: Overall Summary Statement of Benefit and Risk
Table 32: Quality of Evidence
Table 33: Summary of the 2 Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 34: Quality of Trials According to GRADE
Table 35: Overall Summary Statement of Benefit and Risk*
Table 36: Overall Conclusions on Patient-Directed Initiatives
Table 37: Overall Summary Statement of the Benefit and Risk for Patient-Directed Initiatives*.
Table 38: Annual Budget Impact (2008 Cdn Dollars)