Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a major impact by limiting the ability to live independently. This condition of dependency involves all members of the family, particularly those who take direct care of patients. The changes that take place in caregivers' lives may alter their health and have an effect on the care of the sick. Objective To determine the presence of burden, anxiety and depression ...

BACKGROUND The impact on informal caregivers of caring for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia can be substantial, but it remains unclear which measures(s) best assess such impact. Our objective was to use data from the GERAS study to assess the ability of the EuroQol 5-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) to measure the impact on caregivers of caring for people with AD dementia and to exa...

It is very well documented that the number of patients residing in nursing homes has increased recent years due to disabilities related with mental diseases. There mounting evidence enormous burden placed on caregivers who care for people suffering from illness. Throughout Covid-19 pandemic, working conditions personnel caring mentally ill have deteriorated. Shifts 14-day intervals and quaranti...

Background: A patient's deteriorating medical state, the inability of families to finance therapy, medication, blood transfusions, or hospitalization patients may also be a genuine reason for this burden. There are several ways chronic renal failure affects physical, psychological, functional, lifestyle, and independence status because disease's long-term persistence lengthy treatment procedure...

This is a study on burden of caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease attended at a Reference Center for Cognitive Disorders. Objective To evaluate the profile and burden on caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease attended at a Reference Center for Cognitive Disorders. Methods We collected demographic information and data on the relationship with the patient from caregivers, ...

Background: Cancer could be called family-involving disease. The current study aimed at determining the relationship between the burden of care and life satisfaction of the Turkish mothers of children with cancer. Methods: The current descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on mothers of 194 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia referred to a chemotherapy polyclinic. Data were col...

Aim: To predict the caregiver burden based on clinical characteristics of cancer patients and social economic circumstances caregiver, to evaluate influence this caregiver's quality life.
 Material Method: The effects findings 411 followed up treated in our clinic between January 2020 March 2021, Zarit questionnaire score filled by caregivers were analyzed. In addition, obtained was resear...

INTRODUCTION Parkinson's disease affects the quality of life of the individual with the disease in addition to creating a burden on the caregiver. Factors related to these effects include motor and non-motor aspects of the disease, as well as traits inherent to the caregiver. METHODS We evaluated subjects with Parkinson's disease using the following instruments: Quality of Life Questionnaire ...

BACKGROUND While home mechanical ventilation (HMV) prolongs survival in selected groups of patients, its use is associated with progressive dependency in basic activities, and many users will require informal care in their homes. The workload assumed by the informal caregivers can have financial, physical, and psychological repercussions. Our objective was to study dependent patients on HMV, an...

UNLABELLED Family caregivers of older cancer patients face many challenges in managing illness. The burden impacts physical, emotional, spiritual, and social health. The objective of this study was to identify burden among caregivers of older patients with advanced cancer, and associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Caregivers of older cancer patients were randomly interviewed from March-Se...