An evaluation of the burden of Alzheimer patients on family caregivers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5175306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sandra Renata Pinatti De Moraes (0000-0003-2265-5449, Universidade Estadual de Londrina), Luis Sidônio Teixeira Da Silva (Universidade Estadual de Londrina) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1807-1815 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000800017 |
| PMID | 19649422 |
| OpenAlex | W2074402050 |
| SciELO | S0102-311X2009000800017 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
Caregivers are indispensable to persons living with Alzheimer's disease; however, such care involves hard work, and the consequences of this activity on caregivers are often neglected. The objective of this study was to construct a profile for caregivers of Alzheimer patients and to evaluate the burden such care imposes on them. It is a transversal study of 122 caregivers from the metropolitan region of Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil. Socio-demographic data for the caregivers were analyzed, while the Katz scale and Lawton index were used to evaluate the functionality of Alzheimer's patients, and the Burden Interview Scale assessed the burden these patients impose on caregivers. Caregivers are predominantly married, are daughters who have learned to care for the patient on a daily basis, usually with some help, and they do so out of love. The caregiver's age (p < 0.01), whether or not the caregiver had help (p < 0.01), and the number of hours caring for the patient (p = 0.01) were associated with the impact. Results showed that the burden imposed on caregivers by Alzheimer patients is a heavy one
Activities of daily living · Alzheimer's disease · Barthel index · Burden of disease · Caregiver burden · Caregiver stress · Dementia · Disease · Family caregivers · Metropolitan area · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |