Relevance of non-pharmacological interventions that modify environmental factors in order to prevent and treat mental disorders in older patients and their caregivers

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Zusammenfassung: We live in an aging society. The change in demographic structures poses a number of challenges, including an increase in age-associated diseases. Delirium, dementia, and depression are considered to be of particular interest in the field of aging and mental health. A common theory regarding healthy aging and mental health is that the highest satisfaction and best performance is achieved when a person's abilities match the demands of their environment. In this context, the person's environment includes both the physical and the social environment. Based on this assumption, this dissertation focuses on the investigation of non-pharmacological interventions that modify environmental factors in order to facilitate the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in older patients and their caregivers. The first part of this dissertation consists of two publications and deals with the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients. The PAWEL study investigated the use of a multimodal, non-pharmacological intervention in the routine care of patients aged 70 years or older undergoing elective surgery. [...].

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Dimensions: 29 cm
• Extent: VIII, 142 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Universität Potsdam, Dissertation, 2022.

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2022
• Creator: Deeken, Friederike
• Contributor: Rapp, Michael ; Haberstroh, Julia ; Universität Potsdam

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