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The relationship between caregivers' global ratings of Alzheimer's disease patients' quality of life, disease severity and the caregiving experience
Author(s)Jason H T Karlawish, David Casarett, Jennifer Klocinski
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 8, August 2001
Pagespp 1066-1070
KeywordsDementia ; Quality of life ; Informal care ; Stress ; Depression ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe reliability of two measures of quality of life (QOL) was assessed in this study of 40 primary caregivers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. The measures were two questions on global QOL, and the Screen for Caregiver Burden (SCB). Nearly half of the caregivers of patients with mild to moderate AD assess a patient's QOL differently than they believe the patient would. Dementia severity and the caregiver's experience of depression and burden negatively affect caregivers' assessment of QOL. These results provide a compelling reason why clinicians should take the time to screen for and tackle caregiver burden and depression and problematic patient behaviours. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-011024201 A
ClassmarkEA: F:59: P6: QNH: ENR: 4C: 7T

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