Introduction There is a modest but consistent association between violent behavior and schizophrenia. Persons with schizophrenia are at modestly increased risk of committing violence ,with approximately half victims being relatives Objectives Our study examined the factors attributed to behaviour within relationship patient-caregiver in according caregivers. Methods This cross-sectional among c...

OBJECTIVE to ascertain the association between the social support and the quality of life of relative caregivers of elderly dependents at home. METHOD a cross-sectional study conducted with 58 relative caregivers of elderly dependents, registered in the Family Health Strategy. Data were collected from the Katz instrument, sociodemographic, Zarit Burden Interview, WHOQOL-bref, and analyzed usi...

Introduction: Caregivers play a critical role in health management of patients with chronic diseases. Caregiving is associated with experiencing different emotional and psychological problems. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between caregiver burden and cognitive function in adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional stud...

Caregivers play an imperative role in supporting people with cancer at each stage of the illness trajectory. Providing care to cancer survivors may lead to many negative impediments in all aspects of caregiver’s life because it’s inherently stressful causes strain and burden in their life. Materials and methods: A descriptive co-relational study was used to find the strain and burden among canc...

BACKGROUND Demand for home care services has increased considerably, along with the growing complexity of cases and variability among resources and providers. Designing services that guarantee co-ordination and integration for providers and levels of care is of paramount importance. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a new case-management based, home care delivery model ...

BACKGROUND The Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) was originally developed to assess the level of subjective burden in caregivers of people with dementia. The Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ) is amongst the leading scales to assess caregiving consequences in severe mental illness. We aimed to compare the psychometric properties of the ZBI, a generic tool, and of the IEQ, a more specific too...

OBJECTIVE There is a need, in the absence of formal services, to design interventions aimed at improving the lives of people with dementia and their families. This study tested the effectiveness of the 10/66 caregiver intervention among people with dementia and their caregivers in Lima, Peru. METHOD DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS a randomized controlled trial was performed involving 58 caregivers of ...

Decades of research have confirmed that being a family caregiver is a stressful role. However, the point at which these stressors constitute a real risk for decreased mental health has not been established. The purpose of the present study was to determine a statistically valid cut-off score for the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) in order to identify family caregivers at risk for depression and i...

OBJECTIVES To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a home based intervention in reducing caregiver burden, promoting caregiver mental health and reducing behavioural problems in elderly persons with dementia. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This was a randomised controlled trial in which the person with dementia-caregiver dyad was randomly allocated either to receive the intervention ...