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| Programs to reduce factors influencing elderly abuse | ||||
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Patient or population: Carers of elderly persons Settings: Caregivers of family members suffering from dementia Intervention: Reducing factors influencing elderly abuse through promoting the mental health of caregivers | ||||
| Outcomes (duration of follow‐up) | Summary of effects | No of Participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments |
| Occurrence of abuse – caregivers: Caregiver’s abusive behaviours (Modified conflict tactics scale) (8 months) | No statistical difference in abusive behaviour between the groups(adjusted OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.18 to 1.27) | 260 caregivers (1 study) |
⊕⊕ΟΟ Low1 | One low risk of bias study which appeared inadequately powered included this primary outcome |
| Anxiety and depression: total scores on hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) (8 months) | Mean total HADS score lower for the intervention group of caregivers than the control (‐1.80 points (95% CI ‐3.29 to ‐0.31, P = 0.02) | 260 caregivers (1 study) |
⊕⊕⊕Ο Moderate2 | One low risk of bias study included this secondary outcome |
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate. Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate. | ||||
1 Downgraded two level for very serious imprecision
2 Downgraded one level based on only one study reporting as a secondary outcome