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Effectiveness of the interventions, of support and help by health professionals, on principal caregivers of patients with cancer and/or the most frequent types of dementia: A systematic review

Review Objectives: Primary objective: Assess the effectiveness of the interventions on principal caregivers of patients with cancer and/or the most frequent types of dementia, through a systematic review. Specific objectives: 1. Identify the level of evidence of the interventions undertaken on caregivers. 2. Assess if the identified interventions improve the caregiver’s quality of life. 3. Assess if those interventions reduce the caregiver’s stress and depression. 4. Know if the interventions reduce the caregiver’s burden. 5. Identify the principal caregivers’ satisfaction. 6. Know the level of dependence of the cared persons in the cases where the used tool has been measured. 7. Assess if the interventions reduce the institutionalisation of the cared persons. 8. Know the assessment tools used for evaluating the caregiver: quality of life, stress, burden and satisfaction. Criteria for considering studies for this review: Types of participants: The review will include all studies where the subjects of study are principal caregivers of patients with cancer and/or the most frequent types of dementia, specifically: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Pick’s disease and Lewy body disease. For the purpose of this review, a principal or informal caregiver is defined as the person in charge of helping or taking care of the ill person who is not able to manage on their own. They do not receive economic remuneration and in general do not have any specific training for care. These carers are home-bound. Types of interventions: The review will include any help and support (physical or mental) interventions, undertaken on principal caregivers, either if they are done by phone, support groups, workshops, counselling, self-care interventions, educational programmes, e-medicine, psychotherapy, social support or self-help. All the interventions will be realized by health professionals. Types of outcome measures: - The main outcome measures, in relation to the caregivers, will be: Stress, depression, mental health, physical health, burden, abandonment, caregiver’s quality of life and satisfaction. - Secondary outcome measures in relation to the cared person: Physical health, cognition, medication use, mobility, level of dependence, satisfaction and institutionalisation or hospitalisation.