Methods. 88 subjects and their family caregivers recruited from memory and psychogeriatric clinics were assessed using the Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR), the Barthel Index (BI), the Mini-Mental States Examination (MMSE), the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) scale, the Geriatrics Depression Scale (GDS), and the Zarit Burden Interview. Correlat...

OBJECTIVE This study's objective was to analyze the effectiveness of educational and support programs for caregivers on reducing their burden. METHOD The method used was a systematic review. The following were searched; MEDLINE, LILACS, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, SciELO and CINAHL. RESULTS Seven randomized clinical studies were included. These studies compared an educational program ...

BACKGROUND Caregivers of individuals with dementia are biased in their rating of mental health measures of the care receiver. This study examines caregiver burden and depression as predictors of this bias for mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease in different domains. METHODS The sample consisted of 202 persons: 60 with mild cognitive impairment, 41 with mild Alzheimer's dise...

BACKGROUND Definitions of burden of care stress the effect of the patient's mental illness on the family. There are generally very few studies in this environment on caregiver burden in child/adolescent mental ill-health. This study aimed to identify patient and caregiver characteristics that are associated with caregiver burden. METHOD Caregivers of patients attending the Child and Adolescen...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between symptoms of schizophrenia and caregiver burden/distress among caregivers of people with schizophrenia in southwestern Nigeria. METHOD One hundred and one family caregivers of 101 patients with schizophrenia were recruited into the study. Caregivers were screened with the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) to measure caregiver burden and the 30 item Ge...

BACKGROUND Behavioral changes in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) mirror those found in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Considering the high rate of neuropsychiatric symptoms found in ALS patients, this paper examines whether caregiver burden is associated with behavioral changes over and above the physical disability of patients with ALS, and if the presence of caregivers' depr...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to validate the Zarit Burden Interview as an instrument to measure the level of burden experienced by caregivers of patients with dementia (PWD) in Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS Adult family caregivers of PWD were recruited from the ambulatory dementia clinic of a tertiary hospital and the Alzheimer's Disease Association. All subjects completed a battery of que...

BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) and major depressive disorder are the two most common psychogeriatric disorders. Late-onset depression (LOD) is the most common cause of emotional suffering in the elderly and is associated with a poor quality of life in caregivers. Although the burden on caregivers of individuals suffering from AD has been well studied, there is a paucity of comparative stud...