TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bohlken, Jens
A1  - Weber, Simon A.
A1  - Siebert, Anke
A1  - Forstmeier, Simon
A1  - Kohlmann, Thomas
A1  - Rapp, Michael Armin
T1  - Reminiscence therapy for depression in dementia
BT  - An observational study with matched pairs
JF  - GeroPsych - The Journal of gerontopsychology and geriatric psychiatry
N2  - We investigated the efficacy of reminiscence therapy (RT) on symptoms of depression in patients with mild to moderate dementia. Out of 227 patients with mild to moderate dementia from a specialized physician’s office, 27 pairs (N = 54; mean age 79.04 ± 6.16 years) who had either received treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU combined with RT, were matched retrospectively according to age as well as cognitive and depressive symptom scores. After controlling for age and sex, symptoms of depression significantly decreased over time in the RT group compared to TAU (F1,52 = 4.36; p < .05). RT is a promising option for the treatment of depression in mild to moderate dementia. Larger randomized-controlled trials are needed.
KW  - reminiscence
KW  - life story book
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000175
SN  - 1662-9647
SN  - 1662-971X
VL  - 30
SP  - 145
EP  - 151
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -