Factors contributing to caregiver burden in dementia in a country without formal caregiver support
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Date
2014-03-31
Authors
Wang (RN), Jing
Xiao, Lily Dongxia
He, Guo-Ping
Ullah, Shahid
De Bellis, Anita Marie
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
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Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis
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Abstract
Objectives: To investigate caregiver burden in dementia and explore factors associated with different types of burden in a country without formal caregiver support using a province in China as a case.Method: Cross-sectional questionnaire survey was used to collect data. One hundred and fifty-two family caregivers of people with dementia in community settings were recruited from 2012 to 2013 using convenience sampling. Objective burden was measured by caregiving hours and dementia-related financial burden. Subjective burden was measured and analysed using the Caregiver Burden Inventory and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire. Multivariate regression models were employed to analyse factors associated with each type of subjective burden.Results: Five types of subjective burden were measured by the Caregiver Burden Inventory, namely, physical burden, emotional burden, time-dependence burden, developmental burden, and social burden. Caregiver distress, as a subjective burden, was measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire and reported by relating to the severity of care recipients’ behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. This caregiver cohort showed a high level of physical, time-dependence, and developmental burdens, but a low level of emotional and social burdens. Factors contributing to each type of subjective burden measured by the Caregiver Burden Inventory differed from each other.Conclusion: The high level of objective and subjective burdens identified in this study suggests that government-funded formal caregiver support should be established and services should be designed to target different types of burdens and factors contributing to these burdens.
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Aging & Mental Health on 31 Mar 2014, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13607863.2014.899976
Keywords
dementia, caregiver burden, dementia services, cross-sectional study
Citation
Wang J, Xiao LD, He GP, Ullah S, De Bellis A. Factors contributing to caregiver burden in dementia in a country without formal caregiver support. Aging and Mental Health. 2014 Nov;18(8):986-96.