Effects of dyadic psychosocial education on people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia and their informal caregivers: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 15; no. 3; p. e093349
• Main Authors: Ni, Ping, Ge, Mei-Ling, Liu, Li, Hu, Xiuying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 07.03.2025; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Caregiver Burden; Caregivers; Caregivers - education; Caregivers - psychology; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Dysfunction - psychology; Cognitive Dysfunction - therapy; Dementia; Dementia - psychology; Dementia - therapy; Education; Geriatric Medicine; Humans; Intervention; Medical research; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Meta-Analysis; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Mindfulness; Missing data; Problem solving; Protocol; Psychosocial Intervention; Psychotherapy; Quality of life; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Rehabilitation; Research Design; Subject heading schemes; Systematic review; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Psychosocial Intervention; Meta-Analysis; Cognition; Caregiver Burden; Dementia

IntroductionMild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia impose a significant burden on individuals and their caregivers. Dyadic psychosocial education, which treats care recipients and their caregivers as a pair of active participants, has the potential to improve health outcomes for people with co...