Burdens of Spouse Caregivers of Patients with Dementia at Home / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
;
(12)1991.
Artigo
em Chinês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-588757
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To explore the burden of spouse caregivers of patients with dementia at home and factors having influence.Methods:
Forty-two patients with dementia were collected from psychiatric out-clinic consecutively. Trained investigators did home visit to collect data on severity of the disease (CDR, MMSE), pathological behavior (BEHAVE-AD), activity of daily living (ADCS-ADL) and burdens of their spouse as caregiver (CBI). The caregivers' anxiety, depression (Zung's Anxiety Scale and Depression Scale) and knowledge about dementia were also collected.Results:
The caregivers felt big burden (BDI total score 30.7?15.1). Nearly half of them (42.9%) were in depression and one quarter (23.8%) were anxious. They were lack of knowledge about dementia and unskillful in care-giving. 26.2% caregivers thought dementia is curable or equal to normal aging, 57.1% of them did not believe it is an improving disease. The burden of caregivers was correlated positively with pathological behavior of patients (r=0.40, P
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Chinês
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Chinese Mental Health Journal
Ano de publicação:
1991
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