Burden in caregivers of older adults with advanced illness.

نویسندگان

  • Katherine Garlo
  • John R O'Leary
  • Peter H Van Ness
  • Terri R Fried
چکیده

OBJECTIVES To examine caregiver burden over time in caregivers of patients with advanced chronic disease. DESIGN Observational cohort with interviews over 12 months. SETTING Community. PARTICIPANTS Caregivers of 179 community-living persons aged 60 and older with advanced cancer, heart failure (HF), or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). MEASUREMENTS Caregiver burden was assessed using a short-form of the Zarit Burden Inventory to measure psychosocial distress. RESULTS At baseline, the median caregiver burden was 5 (interquartile range (IQR) 1-11), which indicates that the caregiver endorsed having at least two of 10 distressing concerns at least some of the time. Only 10% reported no burden. Although scores increased modestly over time, the association between time and burden was not significant in longitudinal multivariable analysis. High burden was associated with caregiver need for more help with daily tasks (odds ratio (OR)=23.13, 95% confidence interval (CI)=5.94-90.06) and desire for greater communication with the patient (OR=2.53, 95% CI=1.16-5.53). The longitudinal multivariable analysis did not yield evidence of associations between burden and patient sociodemographic or health characteristics. CONCLUSION Caregiver burden was common in caregivers of patients with cancer, HF, and COPD. High burden was associated with the caregiver's report of need for greater help with daily tasks but not with objective measures of the patient's need for assistance, such as symptoms or functional status, suggesting that burden may be a measure of the caregiver's ability to adapt to the caregiving role.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

دوره 58 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010