BACKGROUND Family caregivers may not agree with patients with dementia regarding attitudes toward end-of-life preferences, and the effects of this type of disagreement are not well understood. This study sought to identify such a disagreement and its predictors. METHODS A cross-sectional sample of 84 family caregivers and patients with dementia was recruited from memory clinics. We used the M...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between several psychological factors and the feeling of burden experienced by caregivers of children with home enteral nutrition. METHODS Fifty-six mothers of pediatric patients with chronic diseases requiring long-term home enteral nutrition were recruited. They were asked to respond to specific questionnaires about their anxiety symptoms (State-Trait A...

Dementia is a growing problem that presents increasing challenges for health services worldwide. Vascular dementia the 2nd most common type of after Alzheimer dementia. The aim study to describe clinical aspects behavioural and psychological symptoms in patients aged ≥ 60 years diagnosed with vascular A cross sectional was carried out Psychiatric Centre at tertiary care hospital from Dec 2018 M...

OBJECTIVE There is an increasingly number of demented elderly in Brazil but empirical data on the resulting impact on their informal caregivers is still poorly documented. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact on informal caregivers of elderly with dementia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted at a psychogeriatric unit in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Structured and ...

Abstract Background To date, little research has been carried out exploring the burden experienced by informal caregivers of People with Dementia (PwD). We explored factors that influence PwD over 12 months. Methods Fifty-two and their were recruited convenience sampling to “CHESS” Study. Data collected at five time points months between April 2017 November 2019. Mixed model analyses used inves...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this literature review is to identify the most common tools used to measure burden in carers of people with Parkinson's disease (PD), heart failure (HF), multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHOD Databases such as Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Academic Search Complete were searched. Studies in which carer burden was measured were ...