Factors contributing to caregiver burden in dementia in a country without formal caregiver support

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dc.contributor.author Wang (RN), Jing
dc.contributor.author Xiao, Lily Dongxia
dc.contributor.author He, Guo-Ping
dc.contributor.author Ullah, Shahid
dc.contributor.author De Bellis, Anita Marie
dc.date.accessioned 2014-11-02T23:19:53Z
dc.date.available 2014-11-02T23:19:53Z
dc.date.issued 2014-03-31
dc.description This items is under embargo for 12 months from the date of publication according to Publisher's copyright policy. 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 en
dc.description.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. en
dc.identifier.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. en
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.899976 en
dc.identifier.issn 1360-7863
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/35042
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis en
dc.rights Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis en
dc.rights.holder Taylor & Francis en
dc.subject dementia, caregiver burden, dementia services, cross-sectional study en
dc.title Factors contributing to caregiver burden in dementia in a country without formal caregiver support en
dc.type Article en
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup De Bellis, Anita Marie: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7689-9890 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Xiao, Lily Dongxia: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-2443 en_US
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