Family impact (or family burden) is a concept born in the field of mental health that has successfully been exported to the ambit of intellectual disability (ID). However, differences in family impact associated with severe mental health disorders (schizophrenia), to ID or to mental health problems in ID should be expected. Seventy-two adults with intellectual disability clients of the Carmen P...

Family members are important to the well-being of their relatives with substance use disorders or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. Many caregivers experience high levels of burden, negatively impacting their capacity to provide support to their ill family member. The Andersen health care utilization model (Andersen & Newman, 1973, 2005) was used to identify the impact of predisp...

OBJECTIVE To assess differences in caregiver report of youth and family psychosocial adjustment associated with HIV infection and greater immune compromise in youths with hemophilia. METHODS Caregivers of 162 boys with hemophilia 8 to 20 years old completed three youth and family questionnaires (Personality Inventory for Children, Revised [PIC-R]; Questionnaire on Resources and Stress [QRS]; ...

abstract background: this study aims to explore the relationship between religiosity and psychological well-being of caregivers of stroke survivors in shiraz, iran. materials and methods: a purposive sample of 96 family members, which included 34 daughters-in-law and 62 daughters, who were caring for severe impaired stroke survivors were enrolled in the study. results: the results showed a sign...

A cross-sectional, epidemiological study aimed to estimate the prevalence of burden among family caregivers of impaired elderly residents in the city of João Pessoa, and to identify associations between the mean burden and social and demographic characteristics of the elderly and the caregivers. A total number of 240 elderly residents in a previously drawn census tract participated in this rese...

Objectives: Motor neurone disease (MND) progressively damages the nervous system causing wasting to muscles, including those used for breathing. There is robust evidence that non-invasive ventilation (NIV) relieves respiratory symptoms and improves quality of life in MND. Nevertheless, about a third of those who would benefit from NIV decline the treatment. The purpose of the study was to under...

Family caregivers enable patients to be cared for and die at home whereas nurses aim support the family of these patients. Information on how this is provided documented in nursing files largely lacking. To gain insight nurses' reports supportive care caregivers. We studied 59 adult who had received hospice Netherlands from 4 organisations between August 2017 October 2018. was retrieved based a...

Aim and objective: This study aimed to identify the variables that contributed Quality of Life (QoL) Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) caregivers, taking into consideration caregiving context, stressors, role strains, resources.Methods: The sample included 102 caregivers AD patients who answered following instruments: Depression, Anxiety Stress Scale-21; Satisfaction with Social Support Scale; Revised M...