title: Efficacy of short-term inpatient rehabilitation for dementia patients and caregivers: prospective cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The efficacy of nonpharmacological and multicomponent treatments in patients with dementia is under discussion, as is the ongoing debate which endpoints best measure efficacy.
  
  
  METHODS
  194 dyads of dementia patients and their proxies interested in a combined short-term inpatient rehabilitative treatment were assessed in the patients' homes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis showed that cognition in male patients (cognitive part of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale: p = 0.048) and depressive mood in female patients were improved after treatment at the 3-month follow-up (Geriatric Depression Scale: p = 0.030). Moreover, the burden on male caregivers was reduced (behavioral pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale: p = 0.002) at 3 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined short-term rehabilitative treatment of patients and psychosocial intervention for caregivers is modestly effective in patients with dementia and their caregivers, but may be subject to gender-specific effects.
authors.affiliation: Division of Mental Health and Old Age Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schiffczyk
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: Constanze
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lahmeyer
authors.forename: Friedemann
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Matthias W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Riepe
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D014705:Verbal Behavior