Adapting a guided low-intensity behavioural activation intervention for people with dementia and depression in the Swedish healthcare context (INVOLVERA)

• Global health and social care policy highlights the need to support people to ‘live well’ with dementia. This is of particular importance given the high burden placed on individuals with dementia, informal caregivers, and society. Depression is highly prevalent in people with dementia, stressing the importance of developing interventions to support people with both dementia and depression. Despite evidence-based psychological interventions (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)) being effective, access is limited. To overcome this psychological ‘treatment gap’, there have been global efforts made via the provision of low-intensity CBT (LI-CBT). Behavioural activation (BA), an example of a LI-CBT approach shown to be as effective as CBT in the treatment of depression. Research informed by the Medical Research Council complex interventions framework has been conducted in the United Kingdom to develop and test a guided low-intensity BA intervention adapted for people with dementia. An innovative aspect of the intervention is support to the person with dementia is provided by an informal caregiver, in turn the informal caregiver receives guidance from a healthcare professional. Initial results indicated the intervention was acceptable and feasible, and may therefore represent a solution for the Swedish context. However, before implementing in Sweden, there is a need for contextual adaptation. Using a mixed-methods study design, informed by principles from participatory action research, this study involved people with dementia, informal caregivers, healthcare professionals and community organisations to co-design and adapt the guided low-intensity BA intervention for the Swedish context. Through a series of iterative phases, we conduct interviews and focus groups with participants to gain feedback on the BA intervention to inform adaptations to improve the acceptability, relevancy, and feasibility of the intervention. After each phase we amend the intervention according to feedback. During the presentation the preliminary results and research progress will be presented. 

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)

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