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. 2019 May 14;2019(5):CD012533. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012533.pub2

Chodosh 2015a.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Dementia caregivers
Interventions Title of the intervention: An evidence‐based dementia care management (DCM)
Aim: To implement an evidence‐based dementia care management (DCM) program in a Medicare managed care plan and evaluate the program’s effectiveness and costs
Interventionist(s): Care managers (social workers specially trained in evidence‐based dementia care)
Duration: no details provided
Content: no details provided
Standardisation: no details provided
Comparison group: usual care (no details provided)
Outcomes No detail provided on specific outcome measurement instruments. Stated that caregiver surveys and medical records were used to estimate between‐group differences on measures of recommended dementia care within areas of 1) assessment, 2) treatment, 3) safety, and 4) education and support. The abstract indicated that the date of caregiver satisfaction, burden, social support, self‐efficacy, and healthcare utilisation costs were collected.
Data were collected at 9 and 18 months. Method of data collection was not specified.
Notes Abstract only available. It was unclear if the caregivers got the intervention separately to the patients. Author contacted and stated that the manuscript was in process and no further details are available at the time of contact.