BACKGROUND Physical frailty is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in community-dwelling older adults. Burden in informal caregivers of older adults causes significant physical and psychological distress. However, the relationship between these two clinical phenomena has not been extensively studied. This cross-sectional study evaluated the relationship between physical frailty ...

Aim:
 This study aimed to compare the burnout and caregiver burden in caregivers during Covid-19 due decrease patient participation Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) inability accept patients for a while before pandemic.
 Materials Methods:
 Caregivers of 47 registered CMHC were included this study. The first interview was held January 2020, start pandemic Turkey. second June...

BACKGROUND Theory of mind (ToM), the capacity to infer the intention, beliefs and emotional states of others, is frequently impaired in behavioural variant fronto-temporal dementia patients (bv-FTDp); however, its impact on caregiver burden is unexplored. SETTING National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health. SUBJECTS bv-FTDp (n = 28), a subgroup of ...

BACKGROUND While previous studies have evaluated caregivers' quality of life (QOL), burnout, and stress amongst across a variety of chronic illnesses, few such studies have been related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS Caregivers accompanying adult patients with IBD at 6 tertiary centers were enrolled. They completed self-administered surveys related to QOL and burden, including t...

Because of the aging population and the shortage of standardized institutional solutions for long-term care (LTC) in China, family caregivers in Beijing are increasingly called upon to provide home care for disabled older adults. Caregivers face a heavy care burden, and decreased physical and mental health (MH). This study aims to describe health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to identify ...

Background and objectives: Chronic renal failure has a progressive nature and there is always a need for a person to care for them. A caregiver, who is usually a patient's family member, may face many problems during the care process, which ultimately causes burnout. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of psycho-educational intervention on the caregiver burden of patients undergoin...

OBJECTIVE To identify caregivers' burden, evaluate quality of life in them; and predict anxiety and depression in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Lahore General Hospital (LGH), from January to December, 2013. METHODOLOGY A purposive sample of 60 caregivers, who had ...