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INTRODUCING TAP TO THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CONTEXT: A PILOT STUDY
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INTRODUCING TAP TO THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CONTEXT: A PILOT STUDY

L. Clemson, C. O’Connor, H. Brodaty, Y. Jeon, E. Mioshi, L. Low and L.N. Gitlin
Innovation in aging, v 1(Suppl 1), pp 1332-1333
30 Jun 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.4887
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Community dementia care in Australia is fragmented, with little access to tailored, systematic interventions. We conducted a pilot randomised trial of TAP in Sydney. Measures were collected at baseline and post intervention at 4 months with follow up at 8 months post randomisation. Outcomes included five domains of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician rating (apathy, agitation, depression, sleep and irritability) and carer burden. Dyads (n=66) were recruited from various organisations, community groups and dementia services, with 54 remaining at 8 months. Diagnoses were Alzheimer’s disease (n=36), frontotemporal dementia (n=20), other (n=10). Mean age was 73.4 years (range 50 to 92); 62% were men. Results show some positive trends though sample sizes limit significant results. There were small effect sizes for the total number of behaviours (cohen’s d=0.25) and the level of burden experienced by the carer (cohen’s d=0.39) and a moderate effect size for hours spent caring (cohen’s d=0.55), favouring TAP participants.

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