The Prevalence of PTSD Among an Online Sample of US Familial Dementia Caregivers

The increased prevalence of dementia has the number caregivers. Familial caregivers can suffer emotionally as a result caregiving. Despite caregiver organizations campaigning for awareness trauma, more research examining PTSD among US familial is needed. present study surveyed an online sample to gather rate PTSD. We hypothesized that these experience equal or greater compared general population, nurses, emergency medical responders, and veterans. An survey containing PTSD-Civilian Checklist (PCL-C) was administered across US. Data (n = 23) revealed 26.1% participants screened positive criteria. Consistent with our hypothesis, this percentage than rates population similar first even military These findings greatly benefit by spreading helping allocate resources assist those struggling