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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 May 14;38(2):260–269. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.05.003

Table 1.

Topics for individual skills training phone calls.

1. Patient-oriented topics
 a. Disease information  d. Managing symptoms at home
 b. Safety issues such as falls  e. Planning for future (directives)
 c. Safe home environment, driving  f. Sleep hygiene for patient
2. Caregiver-oriented topics
 a. Management of stress  d. Sleep hygiene for self
 b. How to care for yourself  e. Coping with frustrations
 c. When/how to ask for more help  f. Relaxation techniques