Publication: Predictors of caregiver burden of patients with Alzheimer disease attending day-care centres
Authors
Gómez Gallego, Juan Cándido ; Gómez Gallego, María
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MDPI
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010707
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© 2021 by the authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010707
Abstract
Abstract: Nowadays, there are plenty of programs and resources to prevent caregiver burden of
patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In spite of that, many caregivers suffer high levels of burden
and stress, which leads to an earlier institutionalization of patients. This study aimed to explore the
predictors of burden in relative caregivers of patients attending day-care centers and the moderating
role of caregiver kinship in these associations. A sample of a hundred and two patient–caregiver
dyads was recruited. Burden was measured with a Zarit Burden Interview. Measures of patients’
cognition, insight, depression, behavioral disturbances, functional ability and overall physical health
were considered as predictors. We found that apathy, irritability and delusions and, patients’ mobility
are the main determinants of caregivers’ burden. The strength of relationship between delusions and
irritability was higher in spouse caregivers. Interventions to reduce burden should be adapted to the
specific needs of a particular type caregiver.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, Vol. 18 (20): 10707
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