CBT Interventions for Anxiety and Depression in Dementia Caregivers

This report delves into the experiences of family caregivers grappling with anxiety and depression while caring for loved ones with dementia. The focus is on the application and effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in alleviating these mental health challenges, rather than directly treating dementia itself. The research involved a thorough literature review, employing various methodologies to analyze published research papers and articles. The study aims to improve the symptoms experienced by family caregivers by providing them with effective strategies to manage their anxiety and depression. The data analysis, conducted through thematic analysis, yielded interpretations that contribute to the research objectives. The report explores the impact of anxiety and depression on family caregivers, the challenges in identifying these issues, the rationale for using CBT, and the significance of CBT in addressing specific aspects of caregiver distress. The findings underscore the importance of mental health support for those caring for individuals with dementia, offering valuable insights for healthcare professionals and caregivers alike. Strengths and limitations are discussed, and the report concludes with suggestions for dissemination and implications for practice.

TREATING ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION IN FAMILY
CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE
WITH DIAGNOSIS OF
DEMENTIA WITH
COGNITIVE-
BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
INTERVENTIONS CBT

ABSTRACT
The research was focused on the experience of family caregivers suffering from anxiety and
depression while providing care to their close ones suffering with dementia. It does not lay much
emphasis on treating the patients suffering from dementia but the anxiety and depression of
family caregivers who provide care to those patients. For this, the research was done to solve
these issues and to analyse the effectiveness of CBT in treating the anxiety and depression of
such family care givers. So, the major focus of the research was to improve the symptoms of
those family care caregivers and provide them with certain strategies which help them to manage
the symptoms. Literature review was done by going through already published research papers,
articles etc. Appropriate methods were chosen which helped in doing the research more easily
and accurately. Data was analysed through thematic analysis to obtain suitable interpretations
which can contribute in achieving the objectives of the research.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
Literature Review............................................................................................................................5
Theme 1: Evaluate impact of anxiety and depression family caregivers of people with
treatment of dementia..................................................................................................................5
Theme 2: Explore the challenges in determining anxiety and depression in family caregiver of
people with diagnosis of dementia..............................................................................................6
Theme 3: Evaluate the base for CBT on family caregivers of dementia.....................................7
Theme 4: To evaluate significance of CBT in the treatment of choice in specific aspects of
anxiety and depression family caregivers experience.................................................................8
Rationale and justification...........................................................................................................9
Research Aims and Objectives....................................................................................................9
Research Questions....................................................................................................................10
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY..................................................................................................10
Data and information sources....................................................................................................11
Inclusion and Exclusion criteria................................................................................................11
Study Quality.............................................................................................................................12
Critical appraisal tools...............................................................................................................12
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS...............................................................................................13
DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................................13
Results and Findings......................................................................................................................16
Coding........................................................................................................................................16
Discussion..................................................................................................................................17
Implications for practice............................................................................................................17
Strengths and Limitations of the critical review........................................................................17
Dissemination of review............................................................................................................18
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................20

INTRODUCTION
Anxiety and Depression has become one of the major issues across the world because
there are lots of people in young age who are suffering from such mental illness, so it has
become big discussion point for everyone. Depression and anxiety are not only the reason of
personal issues but also there are some work-related stress and depression that have in people
due to undue pressure. these are long-term mental health illness which is more dangerous to
themselves rather than others. Estimated 80 to 90% of people are experiencing mental distress
and they die by suicide. 1 in 4 people experience mental health issues each year means around
792 million people are affected by this mental illness across the world. In fact, it is considered
the second largest source of burden disease in England, UK. The mental illnesses are more
common, impactful and long lasting rather than other health issues (Allen and et.al., 2017). So,
there are various healthcare, personal centred care etc. service companies are available for such
people with mental illness to treat them promptly. This report will provide understanding about
experience of caregivers while treating anxiety and depression in family. In this context,
literature review will be used to highlight overall issues and solution for treating mental illness
i.e. anxiety and depression.
Literature Review
Theme 1: Evaluate impact of anxiety and depression family caregivers of people with treatment
of dementia
According to Barnes and Markham, (2018), family caregivers are family, friends or
neighbours who offers support related to people with mental or physical disability at home for
care delivery as well as assist in the daily routine activities. However, they do not get any
payment or do not have any formal training to offer such services to the patient with mental
disorder. A recent study stated that around 26.6% of all British adults have become family
caregivers currently. At 2012 report by the Dementia’s Association stated that estimated 15
million of those family caregivers are offering their care services to the people with mental
disability. By 2009, around 61.6 million caregivers were offering ‘unpaid’ care to such people.
Such caregivers are relatives who gives emotional, financial, nursing, social, homemaking and
other services to ill and disable person on daily basis. Most of the family caregivers spends their
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more time to support with the care needs of a loved one. Other Farrand and et.al., (2020) have
quoted in their published research articles about family caregivers people with dementia. That
such people are known as second patients because being a family caregiver, they have high rates
of burden and psychological mobility due to this they become socially isolated, financial
hardship and physical ill health. Currently, there are around 30 million people with dementia
across the world and this figure always become double per 20 years. As know people with
dementia needs high level of care, which is often provided by family caregivers. In the absence
of caregivers, people with dementia would spend poorer quality of life and needs institutional
care more effectively. Dementia caregivers are at on high risk of various health issues including
cardiovascular problem, lower immunity, poorer immune response to vaccine, high level of
chronic conditions i.e. diabetes, arthritis, ulcers etc., poorer self-rated health, alcohol and
cigarette consumption and poor sleep pattern. Hopkinson and et.al., (2019) illustrated in their
books about effect of dementia on family caregivers that they face various obstacles as they keep
balance between caregiving and other demands i.e. child rearing, career and relationship. So,
they become at high risk of burden depression, stress and other variety of health complications.
Dementia leads lots of burden over caregivers because they have to recall patient about their
identity again and again and often they think that someone is going to harm them. Such thoughts
arise risks for the caregivers because they are not only taking care of their physical and mental
health but also, they have to give full attention on their daily routine life. Such consequences
make them feel too stressful and anxiety. Apart from this, caregivers often lacking behind of
social contact and support that experience makes them feel socially isolated. They always tend to
scarify their leisure’s and hobbies, restrict time with family and friends as well as give up
employment. These all situation brings fewer negative psychological symptoms in family
caregivers.
However, some Jackson and Browne, (2017) have criticized above sated fact in their
published research articles that family caregivers gets positive prospects as well because they
enable to treat patient with dementia more promptly and enables to offer them all type services
I.e. financial, social, caring and others to the people. authors said that each person wants that
they get family support if they are suffering from any mental health issue wherein family
caregivers are the best option for them because they do not have to invest money on formal
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training or other nursing services. Apart from this, family caregivers enable to spend maximum
period to the patient with dementia as compared other caregivers.
Theme 2: Explore the challenges in determining anxiety and depression in family caregiver of
people with diagnosis of dementia
Illustrated by Kaddour, (2017), the average prevalence of mental disorder across the
world is around 13.4% and 30-50% of psychiatric patients. However, family caregivers play vital
role in reducing hospital admission for example they able to manage and control the psychiatric
patients (PPs)and their disease. So, family caregivers of PPs suffers from great pressure
mentally, physically and socially in the context of control and care of the sick member of the
family. In fact, patients and their families are continuously affected by the changes that arises
from the disease and it’s treatment. Such changes gradually decrease level of performance and
the ability of family caregivers, leads ineffective relationship among family members, emergence
of economic and financial issues, changes in role and reduce social interaction of family and
brings emergence of symptoms i.e. anger, feeling guilty etc. Overall, it brings mental burden of
care for a psychiatric patient while decreasing the quality of life of family caregivers which can
endanger their mental and physical health, ultimately leads poorer care or can lead violent
behaviour with the patient. So, if family caregivers are left without social support then they can
also be considered as hidden patients. Noone and et.al., (2019) stated in books that family
caregivers have main goal to offer high quality care services to the people with dementia so that
they become act like normal. Most of the time it happens when family caregivers do not get time
for themselves that makes them feel alone and creates pressure on them as well because being
family caregivers have responsibility to give proper support in term of financial, physical,
mental, social and care to the people with dementia. In that state, family caregivers unable to
determine that they are suffering from anxiety and depression.
Theme 3: Evaluate the base for CBT on family caregivers of dementia
As per the view of Sadek, Hoe and Orrell, (2018), Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
is a talking therapy that supports individual to fix up their issues by modifying the way they
think and act. It is one of the most commonly used therapy that is used to treat anxiety and
depression. This therapy can be useful for the other physical and mental health issues. It is
gradual process that helps individuals to take appropriate action with presence of mind. For
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example, some family care givers with society anxiety starts to imagine anxiety provoking social
situations. In this situation, CBT helps people to start conversation with family and friends.
Family caregivers become too much depressed and anxiety while treating people with dementia
because they spend maximum period with them and always concerns about their changes which
arises during treatment of dementia. The big issue for the family caregivers is that they unable to
share their experience with others because they do not get time for themselves. Such
consequences bring anxiety and depression in them. In that state CBT plays vital role in reducing
depression and makes them feel socially connected.
However, some Shoesmith and et.al., (2020) has criticized of above sated facts in their
published research papers that cognitive behavioural therapy is not suitable for the more complex
mental health needs. This therapy cannot practice own by own, but therapists can support to
implement to apply this therapy but needs high cooperation individuals as well. Another
drawback is that, individuals needs to attend daily session of CBT and have to carry extra work
between sessions which can take up lot of time of individuals. Thus, this therapy is not much
effective as it should be.
Theme 4: To evaluate significance of CBT in the treatment of choice in specific aspects of
anxiety and depression family caregivers experience
According to Staples, (2017), anxiety and depression are one of the most prevalent
disorder because it brings lifetime risks. CBT is considered one of the most effective tools
because it is the combination with other therapies in treating mental health disorder i.e.
depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or eating disorder. CBT is majorly proposed
for the specific aspect of anxiety and depression because it involves various CBT session in
which emphasizes over people communication. Most of the family caregivers are suffering from
depression and anxiety because they do not get time for themselves and become socially isolated.
There are the main reasons caused by depression and anxiety. In that state only cognitive
behavioural therapy plays significant role in improving quality of life of family caregivers. It is a
taking therapy wherein involves number of people with anxiety and depression and advices them
to share their experience and their concerns with their family and relatives which makes them
feel too much clam and stress free. There are various sessions of CBT that are organized for the
special aspect of depression and anxiety of family caregivers. This session usually conducts once
a week or once every 2 week with a therapist. In the CBT therapy, around 5 to 20 sessions are
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organized and each session lasting 30 to 60 minutes. Therapists supports family caregivers to
work out how to lead change in unsupportive thoughts and behaviours. Thus, this CBT therapy
plays effective role in treating family caregivers from the mental illness i.e. anxiety and
depression.
Other Zabihi, Lemmel and Orgeta, (2020) have criticized in their published research
articles about CBT that individuals need to commit themselves for the process and follows all
advises which is advised by therapists. This theory involves more confronting emotions and
anxieties which makes them feel more uncomfortable. Family caregivers have to spend
maximum period on the work which they get in CBT session that again make their schedule
more hectic. Overall, this therapy can address only current issues and emphasizes over specific
issues of family caregivers. Overall, this therapy needs high cooperation of family caregivers in
special aspect then therapists can help them to reduce their unwanted thoughts.
Rationale and justification
The proposed research topic has wide scope in future because it has highlighted all issues
related to family caregivers which becomes reason of their mental illness i.e. anxiety and
depression. This issue has become one of the major discussing topics for the world because there
are various people who prefers to give care service to the family, so they are known as family
caregivers. The main goal of the family care givers is to give high quality care services and
support to the family member with dementia, so they spend maximum time with them. But it
gives numerous negative impacts on their health such as they always concern for their family
member health and changes which arises during diagnosis of dementia. Such consequences levee
them in panic situation and leads financial burden as well. Such situation decreases their quality
of life and make family caregivers stressful. In the proposed research topic have discussed over
all issues related to family caregivers which they feel and causes by suffering from mental
illness. This research assignment will lead high level of understanding on family caregivers and
helps them to recognise their mental health that they are suffered from depression or not. This
research assignment has emphasized over cognitive behavioural theory which is applied in
specific aspects of anxiety and depression family caregivers (Zarei, 2018). This entire research is
based on UK’s case study because there are most of the family caregivers are suffering from
depression and anxiety. In this research assignment has used literature review in which has
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recorded different perspectives of different authors over the proposed topic. With this parameter,
readers will enable to enhance their understanding level over the issues that faces by family
caregivers while treating their people of family with dementia. Even this research assignment has
provided brief information over cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and reason to apply for the
specific aspect of depression and anxiety family caregivers. Thus, this research assignment has
wider scope in future as well.
Research Aims and Objectives
Aim
“To evaluate the experience of treating anxiety and depression in family caregivers of people
with cure of dementia with cognitive behavioural therapy intervention. A case study of UK”
Objectives
 To explore the evidence of treating anxiety and depression in family caregivers of people
with diagnosis of dementia with CBT interventions?
 To critically evaluate experience of family caregivers of people with diagnosis of
dementia.
 To understand the concept of CBT for the family caregivers of dementia.
 To evaluate the reasons behind the applying CBT in specific aspects of anxiety and
depression family caregivers experience.
Research Questions
 What are the impacts of depression and anxiety in family caregivers of people with
treatment of dementia?
 What challenges are facing in determining anxiety and depression of family caregivers of
people with diagnosis of dementia?
 What do you mean by the phenomena of CBT and its impact on family caregivers of
dementia?
 Why CBT is used for the treatment in specific aspects of anxiety and depression family
caregivers experience?
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research methodology is selecting of various methods that facilitates the researcher to
plan regarding the study systematically, to collect the data and also to investigate the
information. The methods are becoming advanced day by day according to the demands of the
practitioners and the patients. Sometimes the large data is collected which is very difficult to be
analysed by the traditional methodologies (Joling and et.al., 2018). So, the health professionals
along with the experts helps in the advancement of nursing science and healthcare in future
which can be integrated in the nursing therapies and programs. The methodology chosen depends
on the purpose of the research and the questions to be addressed in order to gain significant
conclusions (Kor, Liu and Chien, 2019). The research methodology chosen for this research is
the secondary research in which the researcher will go through various already published books
& journals, articles, research papers, websites, blogs etc. to understand and critically evaluate the
opinions and knowledge of various publishers who have published related to the research
objective. This will help in gaining deeper insights regarding the experience of the family
caregivers who treats the patient with dementia usually suffers with anxiety and depression. So,
the effectiveness of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is to be analysed for the purpose.
Data and information sources
These are the sources from where the information regarding the research objectives is
gathered. These can be primary and secondary both (Sousa and et.al., 2016). Here, in this
research, only the secondary sources will be used as the data collection methods. The first hand
data from the primary sources are not taken. Under the secondary sources, the data was gathered
from various books and journals, research papers, articles which are already published by well-
known authors and publishers. Complete information was retrieved through pre-existing sources
like internet, library searchers etc. which will be critically evaluated in the literature review by
the researcher. The critical evaluation will be based on various themes which will be made
according to the objectives of the research. Various already published articles will be gone
through in order to gain deeper insight about every theme. It will focus on three main things: the
anxiety and depression of the family caregivers who provide care to the people with dementia,
their treatment through CBT and the various challenges which can be faced to identify the
anxiety and depression in the family caregivers.
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Inclusion and Exclusion criteria
These criteria decide that from the broad sources of information, which particular criteria
is set for the information to be included and for the ones which must be excluded. The inclusion
criteria analyse the population to be studied in uniform, reliable and objective manner whereas
the exclusion criteria consist of those factors which make the population or the publications
ineligible or irrelevant for the particular study. These act as the confounders for the parameters of
the output (Fujihara and et.al., 2019). The inclusion criteria which is decided for this research
which will give more accurate findings will include only the articles which are written in English
as there is lack of time to translate the publications which are in other languages to English. The
research papers taken are published between 2010 and 2020 and will focus only on the Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy interventions for the family caregivers of the patients suffering from
dementia. Also only the peer-reviewed articles are selected along with qualitative as well as
quantitative studies (Errasti‐Ibarrondo and et.al., 2019).
The excluded criteria decided is that the research papers which tells anything other than dementia
or other than family care givers as well as therapy other than CBT will not be considered. Non-
peer articles, grey literature, conference abstracts will not be considered.
Considering all the above criteria will help in gaining the optimal results with the significant and
valuable conclusions.
Study Quality
The study done for the research met the standards of the quality research as the research
papers were not judged solely by whether it is leading journal or not and the articles chosen were
also not judged according to whether they are specific research paper or not (What are the
standards for Quality research, 2020). This is the main requirement for the study to meet the
quality standards. Only benchmarks were set such as peer review, English language, publishing
year between 2010-2020 and anxiety and depression of family caregivers of patient suffering
from dementia by CBT. The consensus of the community of scholars was taken as the principle
of scientific enquiry (Gray, Grove and Sutherland, 2016). The researcher strived hard to make
the quality of the research to be the best in terms of all aspects.
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Critical appraisal tools
This is the process in which the research is carefully and systematically examined in
order to judge its trustworthiness, value and its relevance in the particular study topic. Critical
appraisal tools are used to evaluate the source of information collected. Here, in this research, the
tool used for judging the research is CRAAP which means Currency, Relevance, Authority,
Accuracy and Purpose (Abrahams and et.al., 2018).
Currency: The information collected is from the research papers which are published recently
and it is also revised and updated frequently. The information is not out of date and is current
which helps in evaluating the current scenario of nursing interventions of CBT (Evaluating
sources: The CRAAP test, 2020).
Relevance: The information collected is totally related to the topic and gives the answers of all
the research questions. It is all about the experience of the family givers who treat the patient
with dementia. The intended audience is the family givers who suffers from anxiety and
depression when they treat the individual diagnosed with dementia. Variety of sources were
evaluated before choosing some of them and the appropriate information is chosen to achieve the
objectives of the research (Hopwood and et.al., 2018).
Authority: The authors of all the papers chosen are well-known. The contact information like
the name of the publisher is mentioned wherever necessary. The URL mentioned also reveals
many things about the source used for collecting the data (Depression and Caregiving, 2003).
Accuracy: The information came from various research papers, scholarly articles, books and
journals, online platforms, publications etc. The information is also supported by evidence and is
referenced wherever its need is felt. The information cannot be found in any other source as it is
copyright protected and also written by the publisher mentioned (Joling, 2012). The language is
not seemed to be biased and is free of emotions. There are no grammatical mistakes, spellings or
typographical errors.
Purpose: The purpose of the information is to teach the researchers about the specific topic of
study and also to inform the scholars and the people who wish to study about the particular topic.
The authors have made their intentions clear as those publications helped in researching about
the issues faced by family caregivers in treating the people with dementia (Mohajan, 2018). The
information contained all the facts and the opinions of the researcher and the authors. The point
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of view appeared objective and impartial. There are no political, ideological, religious or
personal biases involved.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
These considerations must be kept in mind while gathering the information from various
sources as it ensures the credibility, authenticity, transparency and replicability of the research.
Data is de-identified before it is released to the scholar. This can be presumed that the consent of
the study subjects is taken. The outcomes obtained from analysing all the sources will not allow
the participants re-identification (Qiu and et.al., 2019). The data will not be used to result in any
type of damage or distress. The values and the respect of the authors will be completely valued
by referencing them None of the authors or publishers will be hurt or harmed. Consent will be
taken from them by filling the consent forms before taking the information from their
publications or using them anywhere in the research. Sources chosen for the information are
completely original.
DATA ANALYSIS
This is the most important process in which data collected by various sources is analysed
by the researcher which helps in obtaining valuable findings. Here, in this research only
secondary data collection was used and is presented in the form of literature review. This means
the data collected by someone else will be analysed will be available for various sociological and
nursing purposes (Haydon and van der Riet, 2017). It helps in saving the time and money of the
researcher and also reduces replication of efforts done in the research. Usually secondary data is
collected by considering a large population as the authors publish about a vast subject rather
studying about a narrow topic. But in this research, the researcher has segregated the publications
and only involved those through which the objectives can be easily achieved (Evans and et.al.,
2020). Thematic analysis will be used to analyse the secondary data collected by making various
themes which are as follows:
Theme 1: Impacts of anxiety and depression faced by the family caregivers in treating the
people suffering from dementia
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The family caregivers of the people suffering from dementia are also referred to as
invisible second patients who are considered to improve the quality of life of patients (Bressan,
Visintini and Palese, 2020). Though it proves to be beneficial for the patient but on the other
hand it impacts the caregiver negatively by increasing the symptoms of anxiety, stress,
depression, high rates of burden etc. Various interventions are given to the patient such as
building strong partnership with them, share everything with them which can improve their
mental condition, try to extract their feelings and emotions from their mind and soul and many
more (Bangerter and et.al., 2019).
Without the caregivers, the quality of life of people with dementia will be poorer and would be in
urgent need of the institutional care which will swept the economic condition of the family. This
was also analysed that majority of the people suffering from dementia lives in the community
and are provided care by their families and friends. They can be the spouses, children, children in
law, relatives etc. (Kor and et.al., 2018). The family caregivers have to make such arrangements
which an improve the condition of the patient as they are totally under the observation of the
family caregiver. These responsibilities make the caregiver in stress and often they start
weakening their mental condition and suffers from anxiety and depression (Silk and et.al., 2019).
They are at increased risk of burden because they not only balance the caregiving but also fulfil
other demands of the patient such as career, relationships and child rearing. This also impacts the
patient with dementia as they are totally depended on the family caregiver such that they listen
and follow all the things told by them.
Theme 2: Challenges which are faced in identifying the symptoms of anxiety and
depression in the family caregivers of people having dementia
Family caregivers are motivated to provide sufficient care may be because of sense of
love and reciprocity, fulfilment of the spiritual needs, duty, social pressures, guilt and even
greed. The caregivers who do so due to guilt or pressure tends to have more psychological issues
than the one who do so by being motivated (Shi and et.al., 2020). The caregivers who are able to
identify the benefits of their role feel less burden and even good relationships and support.
Some caregivers enjoy the togetherness, sharing activities, personal growth, build trust and are
facilitated by many benefits. In the sense of love and affection, the caregivers sometimes do not
realize that they are affecting their health. For example, the caregivers such as wife of the patient
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becomes the nurse for personal care also an accountant to assist with finances. So, spouses
become the care providers and the relatives and children become the care managers. In providing
the long care hours and physically demanding care giving, the care providers become more
stressed than the care managers (Leng and et.al., 2020). Therefore, the love, affection and the
relationships become the barriers in identifying that the caregivers suffers from the problem of
anxiety and depression.
Theme 3: CBT is considered to be the best treatment in treating the anxiety and depression
of caregivers who treats the people with dementia
Various psychotherapies can be used to treat the people with mental disorders by making
use of verbal and psychological techniques. In these therapies, a trained professional which is
referred as psychotherapist helps in tackling the general and specific problems of the patient such
as mental illness or stress (Talkovsky and Norton, 2018). One of the psychotherapy is CBT
(Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) which helps in changing the thoughts of the people from
negative to positive. It is basically a composition of cognitive and behavioural therapies which
helps in tuning their internal dialogues as well as thinking patterns (Crowe and McKay, 2017).
The best thing about this is that the person need not to be in constant observation in the
healthcare setting but can go for therapies and can again get back to provide the care to the
people suffering from dementia. It helps in solving various problems and clients are motivated to
be engaged actively in the therapies.
Theme 4: CBT interventions provides benefits to people having anxiety and depression
CBT is basically a type of talk therapy as it can prove to be more effective than the
medication in order to treat depression. This is more effective when the depression is moderate
and also in the severe cases when the therapist is highly skilled. It is considered to be better than
others because in this the patients are not provided which anti-depressants which can cause any
type of side-effects (Valsaraj, Bhat and Latha, 2016). The therapists help the patient in
identifying the false thoughts and replacing them with healthier and more realistic ones. They
help in changing the attitude of the patient thereby bringing change in their behaviour. This was
also identified that the people who undergoes CBT are half as likely as the people who takes
medication to have depression again within a year or a two (Powers, de Kleine and Smits, 2017).
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Results and Findings
The person suffering from anxiety and depression due to giving family care to the person
suffering from dementia, it is found that the person suffers from mental disorders or any other
illness when they treat the patient with dementia because the patient needs a continuous care and
observation which pressurizes the caregiver. They are supposed to provide every type of care
from mental, physical to emotional. This creates stress and burden to the patient which leads to
anxiety and depression. The best methods analysed to treat this problem is CBT which is
Cognitive behavioural therapy in which the issues of the person are addressed by a therapist and
they prepare the patient to identify their bad thoughts and change them into positive one
(Moreno-Cámara and et.al., 2019). This has no side effects and proved much better than the
medications.
Coding
In the research assignment, literature review has been used to collect secondary data.
With the literature review has enabled to understand positive and negative aspect of proposed
research topic which was divided into themes for the interpretation purpose. Based on the
literature review, researchers enable to meet all proposed research objective in precise manner.
In this research inclusion and exclusion studies has been used to collect information related
proposed themes over the research topic. With the support of inclusion studies, I used only
research papers that published between 2010 to 2020. There were some articles which
emphasized on CBT interventions for family caregivers of people diagnosis with dementia.
Qualitative research method has used to collect secondary data because it needed to maintain
quality of research. While Exclusion studies have supported to exclude those data sources which
could affect quality of collected information negatively. Thus, exclusion, inclusion and literature
review are supported to achieve all projected objectives of research effectively. Thematic
analysis has included in this research through which I enabled to distribute collected information
into themes and interpreted them to portray logical conclusion.
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Discussion
This is already identified that being the family caregivers for the patient suffering from
dementia leads to mental illness of the caregiver. This was also mentioned in the literature
review that the person provides the care for so many reasons such as personal relations, love,
affection guilt and many more. So, they do everything which can improve the health of the
person mentally and physically. They are faced with various challenges but they ignore all the
issues and continue providing the care in order to give better care than the institutional care.
They do not even focus on their mental health which sometimes lead to anxiety and depression.
So they must lay emphasis along with treating the patient by taking therapies like CBT which
can improve their health and they can be more effective in providing family care to the patient
(Golshani and et.al., 2020).
Implications for practice
CBT is proved to be the most effective treatment for treating wide variety of mental
illness such as depression, anxiety disorders and many more. In this the person is not given any
medication or antidepressant instead it focuses to explore relationships among the thoughts,
behaviours and feelings of the client. The practitioner tries to change the unhealthy thought
patterns of the client which cause self destructive behaviours. By analysing all these thoughts,
the client and the therapists work in coordination to develop constructive thoughts which helps in
producing healthier beliefs and behaviours.
Strengths and Limitations of the critical review
Strengths
Literature review provides theoretical aspects of specific topic on which different authors
gives different perception through their published research papers, articles and books. It helps to
collect secondary data which uses in further research process. With the support of literature
review, researchers can easily assess the current state of research on a proposed topic. Another
benefit of conducting literature review is that it easily reveals different prospective which authors
have written the most on the proposed topic. In this research assignment, literature review has
supported to illustrate propose research topic in effective manner through which I enabled to
collect secondary data and achieves all proposed objectives related to goal in precise manner.
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With the support of critical review, it has identified that family caregivers needs family and
relative supports which helps them to stay away from the depression.
Limitations
The major drawback of the literature review is that it is quite time-consuming process and
needs good research and analytical skills then individuals can illustrate research topic effectively.
In this research project literature review has used to critically evaluate proposed research topic
instead of systematic review that is one of the major limitation of the project.
Dissemination of review
The main goal of the proposed research is to bring awareness in those people whose have
family in which one or two members have become family caregivers of people with dementia,
that they should provide social support to family caregivers so that they do not feel burden on
themselves and become depress. Even family caregivers also should take care of their health and
should spend fewer time with the family and relatives that keeps them refresh and calm. In
addition, such people must join cognitive behavioural therapy interventions wherein they can
communicate with therapists about their mental issues or depression and follows their rules
which keeps them stress free. This project creates awareness in people about attitude and beliefs
of family caregivers while offering care services to the disabled person. It also has highlighted
about CBT so people will be understood significance of CBT which is used for maintaining
mental wellbeing of the family caregivers.
CONCLUSION
This report has been summarized about experience of anxiety and depression in family
caregivers of people with diagnosis dementia, with the support of literature review. Research
methodology and design, data analysis, coding and finding over the proposed research topic has
been concluded in this report. Significance of CBT interventions and dissemination of reviews
supported to understand that family members should provide social support to the family
caregivers so that they feel less burden and enables to maintain their mental and physical health
wellbeing. The overall research is based on the experience of the family caregivers who provide
care to the people suffering from dementia. They face a lot of problems regarding the mental
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health issues because of the burden and stress to treat their close ones. They can improve this by
being motivated and must enjoy the caregiving which will minimize the negative effects and if
happened then the ways to cure it are described in the whole research. Literature review was
done which critically evaluated the themes of the research. Research Methodology was
mentioned in which the whole process of the research was highlighted. Data was analysed which
helped in gaining the valuable outcomes and significant conclusions.
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