PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate burden experienced by a group of American Indian primary family caregivers and to determine if caregiver burden is a multi-dimensional concept. DESIGN AND METHODS This analysis is based on the results of a survey questionnaire administered to 169 Pueblo primary family caregivers in New Mexico. RESULTS Analysis of the items composing the Care...

Background Infant formula means a breast-milk substitute specially manufactured to satisfy, by itself, the nutritional requirements of infants during the first months of life up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding. We aimed to determine the cost and burden of formula feeding on the family in Al-Amara city, Iraq. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional analytic study was car...

food allergy is a common disorder especially in the first years of life. strict avoidance of the responsible food is the most effective therapeutic measure so far. but this continuous vigilance could be stressful for the patient and family and decreases their quality of life (qol). this survey was designed to evaluate the impact of ige-mediated food allergy on parental qol in iranian patients a...

With the aims to find out the comparative burden on families of schizophrenics and patients with chronic lung disease and to study the areas of burden on families of two groups of patients, randomly selected samples of relatives of 25 patients in each group were studied by using a structured interview schedule. Sociodemographic data were recorded and Burden on the family interview schedule was ...

OBJECTIVES Despite the rapid growth of older ethnic minority populations, knowledge is limited about informal caregiving among these groups. Our aim was to identify correlates of caregiver burden among family caregivers of older Korean Americans (KAs). METHOD A cross-sectional survey collected data from 146 KA caregivers. Using a modified stress-appraisal model, we examined background and con...

This study sought to compare the extent and pattern of burden experienced by relatives of two different patient groups, one with affective disorders and the other with schizophrenia. Cross-sectional assessment of family burden using the Pai and Kapur's Interview Schedule was done in 78 patients with either bipolar disorder or recurrent major depression and 60 patients with schizophrenia diagnos...