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- Title
Feasibility of a Nurse Coached Walking Intervention for Informal Dementia Caregivers.
- Authors
Flanagan, Jane; Post, Kathryn; Hill, Rebecca; DiPalazzo, John
- Abstract
This study's purpose was to determine the feasibility of a nurse coached walking intervention for informal caregivers of persons with dementia. Participants were randomly assigned to a nurse coached intervention or a control group. Five male and 27 female caregivers (n = 32) participated. Measures included steps, walked well-being, and perceived stress. For steps walked, each group experienced a statistical difference (p =.01 control; p =.02 intervention) and large effect size (0.90). Neither group had a statistical difference in well-being (p =.38 control; p =.08 intervention) or perceived stress (p =.56 control; p =.18 intervention). The intervention group achieved a large effect size in well-being (1.38) and moderate effect size in perceived stress (0.51). A 0.94 pedometer adherence, self-reported user ease with technology and 100% retention rate support feasibility. Many participants described feelings of loneliness and grief, but reported the pedometer motivated them to walk.
- Subjects
CAREGIVER attitudes; RESEARCH; WELL-being; MATHEMATICAL statistics; CONSENSUS (Social sciences); SAMPLE size (Statistics); PARAMETERS (Statistics); PEDOMETERS; RESEARCH methodology; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); SELF-evaluation; INTERVIEWING; DEMENTIA patients; CONCEPTUAL structures; QUALITATIVE research; COMPARATIVE studies; T-test (Statistics); PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; WALKING; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; CONTENT analysis; THEMATIC analysis; NURSING interventions
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 5, p466
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01939459211001395