UNLABELLED Theme: Parenting/parenthood. INTRODUCTION As delivering care is an inherent part of becoming parents, providing high-level care to the child with health problems might be a burden for the caregiver. AIM This systematic review investigated the effects of caregiver burden of parents who are primarily responsible for the caring of children with asthma. METHODS PubMed, CINAHL, Web ...

AIMS This article is a report on a study of the multidimensional predictors of caregiver burden in caregivers of individuals with dementia using nationally representative data. BACKGROUND Caregiver burden affects the health of both caregivers and their care-recipients. Although previous studies identified various predictors of caregiver burden, these predictors have not been confirmed in nati...

BACKGROUND In complying with required life style changes Heart Failure (HF) patients often depend on their partners. However providing care may cause burden and affect the health of these partners. The aim of this study was to investigate determinants of caregiver burden in order to identify caregivers who are at risk. METHODS Using a cross-sectional design, caregiver burden and potential det...

Caring for a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) extends far beyond the ordinary exchange of assistance among people in a close relationship. Caregivers must learn to cope with the patient’s increasing disability and loss of independence. The aim of this systematic review was to critically assess and summarize the evidence of the influence of the demographic and clinical characteristics of pat...

OBJECTIVE caregiver effects of geriatric care models focusing primarily at the patient have not been consistently studied. We studied caregiver effects of a nurse-led comprehensive geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) programme for community-dwelling frail older people that showed-in a randomised comparison with usual care--health-related quality of life benefits for the care receivers. ...

PURPOSE This article examines family caregiver burden after placement of a relative with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia in a nursing home. DESIGN AND METHODS A systems-oriented contextual approach was used to study burden in 276 family caregivers. RESULTS SAS PROC MIXED analysis showed burden to be associated with caregiver age, length of time involved in caregiving, custodial un...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe and examine the relationship between caregiver burden and the affective disorders anxiety and depression in caregivers of patients with brain metastases.
. DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational.
. SETTING Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. 
. SAMPLE 56 family caregivers of patients with brain metastases from solid t...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relationship between performance- and informant-based measures of activities of daily living (ADLs) in patients with early dementia and burden or psychological distress experienced by the patients' caregivers. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Ambulatory center. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-four patient-caregiver dyads in which the patient had mild dementia (Mini-Mental St...