Association of functional disability in dementia patients with caregiver stress: a cross-sectional study
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Methods. 88 subjects and their family caregivers recruited from memory and psychogeriatric clinics were assessed using the Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR), the Barthel Index (BI), the Mini-Mental States Examination (MMSE), the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) scale, the Geriatrics Depression Scale (GDS), and the Zarit Burden Interview. Correlations between caregiver stress and patient variables were studied using univariate and multiple regression analyses.
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