Keywords
psychotherapy
pharmacotherapeutic follow-up
perceived health
burden
drugs
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Abstract
This pilot study aims to analyze the effect of an emotional and/or pharmacotherapeutic intervention in informal caregivers of people with mild cognitive impairment on burden, perceived health, blocks to healthy growth, and drugs use. For that, 21 caregivers (mean age = 67.10 ± 3.80 years) were assigned to one of four groups: control, emotional intervention, pharmacotherapeutic follow-up, and emotional intervention with pharmacotherapeutic follow-up. The program lasted nine weeks. Results showed significant differences between the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up group and the control group in the evolution of perceived health, with the first group showing improvements in the dimensions of vitality, emotional role and transition. Our findings suggest the need for combined pharmacological and emotional programs in our health system, considering the interrelation between both dimensions.
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