RT Journal Article
T1 An assessesment of telephone assistance systems for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
T2 Evaluación de la asistencia telefónica a demanda en cuidadores de pacientes con enfermedad de Alzheimer.
A1 Garzón-Maldonado, F J
A1 Gutiérrez-Bedmar, M
A1 Serrano-Castro, V
A1 Requena-Toro, M V
A1 Padilla-Romero, L
A1 García-Casares, N
K1 Alzheimer's disease
K1 Asistencia telefónica
K1 Caregiver
K1 Cuidador
K1 Cuidados
K1 Dementia Unit
K1 Enfermedad de Alzheimer
K1 Healthcare
K1 Satisfacción
K1 Satisfaction
K1 Telephone assistance
K1 Unidad de Demencia
AB Telephone assistance is a common practice in neurology, although there are only a few studies about this type of healthcare. We have evaluated a Telephone Assistance System (TAS) for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) from 2 points of view: financially and according to the level of satisfaction of the caregiver. 97 patients with a diagnosis of AD according to NINCDS-ADRDA criteria and their 97 informal caregivers were selected. We studied cost differences between on-site assistance and telephone assistance (TAS) for 12 months. We used a self-administered questionnaire to assess the level of satisfaction of caregivers at the end of the study period. TAS savings amounted to 80.05 ± 27.07 euros per user. 73.6% of the caregivers consider TAS a better or much better system than on-site assistance, while only 2.6% of the caregivers considered TAS a worse or much worse system than on-site assistance. Telephone assistance systems are an efficient healthcare resource for monitoring patients with AD in neurology departments. Furthermore, the level of user satisfaction was high. We therefore consider that telephone assistance service should be offered by healthcare services.
YR 2016
FD 2016-06-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10167
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10167
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