Implementation of a multicomponent psychosocial programme for persons with dementia and
their families in Norwegian municipalities: experiences from the perspective of healthcare
professionals who performed the intervention
Engelsk titel: Implementation of a multicomponent psychosocial programme for persons with dementia and
their families in Norwegian municipalities: experiences from the perspective of healthcare
professionals who performed the intervention
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Författare:
Johannessen, Aud
;
Povlsen, Lene
;
Bruvik, Fröydis
;
Ulstein, Ingun
Email: aud.johannessen@aldringoghelse.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 26
Dokumenttyp:
RCT
UI-nummer: 14123954
Sammanfattning
Background
A randomised controlled intervention study was conducted in 17 Norwegian municipalities to provide
home-dwelling people with dementia and their families with knowledge and skills to cope with the
emerging problems and stresses of everyday life. It included training health professionals to carry
out the intervention. Since little is known about possible benefits for health professionals of
participating in such a study in terms of knowledge and change of practice as well as their views on
whether the intervention is useful, we carried out this study.
Aim
To investigate the outcome of the study from the perspective of the healthcare professionals who
participated in the intervention.
Method
Interviews with 19 health professionals were performed during 2012, using three focus groups and
six individual interviews. The sample was purposive and included informants aged 34-61 years from
13 municipalities.
Results
Three main categories emerged: challenges, new knowledge and service development. The category
challenges details the challenges connected with professionals' participation in the intervention and
how they dealt with them and is described in three subcategories. The category new knowledge
demonstrates the knowledge the professionals achieved while conducting the intervention and is
described through three subcategories. Service development presented how the informants'
experiences could contribute to improve the provision of care and details in one subcategory.
Conclusion
The results revealed a need for more knowledge among health professionals about the situation of
home-dwelling persons with dementia and their families. The study indicated that health
professionals must be more aware of these persons' abilities to find their own solutions to their
problems. Structured individual interventions as well as group-based interventions in the early
stages of dementia and throughout the course of the disorder seem beneficial. There is a need for
better collaboration between the specialist health services, GPs and health workers in the
municipalities.
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