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The Caregiver Activity Survey (CAS)
— longitudinal validation of an instrument that measures time spent caregiving for individuals with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Deborah B Marin, Micheline Dugue, James Schmeidler |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 8, August 2000 |
| Pages | pp 680-686 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Costs [care] ; Time duration ; Measurement ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | Family members incur substantial financial costs in the course of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Much of this cost is associated with time spent on caregiving tasks, including supervision and communication with the patient, and assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs). This study extends results of the authors' previous study of the Caregiver Activity Survey (CAS), to cover a longitudinal study of the instrument's validity. 44 outpatients with AD who lived with a primary caregiver were followed over 18 months. At 6-month intervals, patients were administered the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS), and the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (PSMS). Caregivers completed the CAS. Over time, the CAS correlated significantly with the MMSE, the ADAS cognitive subscale and PSMS. As patients declined, caregivers spent less time communicating with and more time supervising the patient. Excluding the communication item, time spent caregiving increased significantly over time. This prospective study longitudinally validates the CAS with AD patients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001107201 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: QDC: 4N: 3R: 4C: 3J |
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