Behavioural Outcomes

Benefits

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• No statistical analyses were performed because of small sample size, staffing constraints, and incomplete data. — SOCAV: a nurse-led support programme for self-direction in people with dementia receiving home care, involving informal caregivers – a feasibility study with process evaluation in the Netherlands
• Descriptive quantitative data showed no clear changes in self-direction, quality of life, caregiver depressive symptoms, or mood. — SOCAV: a nurse-led support programme for self-direction in people with dementia receiving home care, involving informal caregivers – a feasibility study with process evaluation in the Netherlands
• Reflective diaries showed that care conversations expanded beyond bodily care to include personal meaning, emotion, household organisation, loneliness, anxiety, and changing family roles. — SOCAV: a nurse-led support programme for self-direction in people with dementia receiving home care, involving informal caregivers – a feasibility study with process evaluation in the Netherlands
• Reductions were noted in agitation, apathy, disinhibited behaviour, and aimless repetitive behaviour, but these trends were not statistically tested. — SOCAV: a nurse-led support programme for self-direction in people with dementia receiving home care, involving informal caregivers – a feasibility study with process evaluation in the Netherlands
• Exploratory NPI-Q data suggested possible improvement in behavioural symptoms. — SOCAV: a nurse-led support programme for self-direction in people with dementia receiving home care, involving informal caregivers – a feasibility study with process evaluation in the Netherlands