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Caregiver burden in mobile and non-mobile demented patients
— a comparative study | | Author(s) | Yuki Miyamoto, Hiroto Ito, Toshio Otsuka |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 8, August 2002 |
| Pages | pp 765-773 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Mobility ; Informal care ; Stress ; Japan. |
| Annotation | In Japan, day care services for demented older people are intended to calm and improve their mental status, to provide personal care such as bathing, and to allow respite to caregivers. Subjects were 379 primary caregivers of demented patients living at home and who attended geriatric day care centres. Burden of caregivers of mobile and non-mobile demented patients was measured using the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZBI). The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Personal Self-Maintenance Scale (PSMS) were used to assess a patient's condition. The Troublesome Behaviour Scale (TBS), originally developed in Japan, was used to assess the frequency of behaviour disturbances exhibited by patients. Caregivers of mobile demented patients reported higher burden due to patients' behaviour disturbance - wandering, interfering, aggression and repetition - compared to those of non-mobile patients. For non-mobile patient caregivers, repeating same questions and/or clinging were the only predictors of caregiver burden. Adequate assessments and evaluations are needed to prevent patients' behavioural disturbances, and to alleviate caregiver burden. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020903210 A |
| Classmark | EA: C4: P6: QNH: 7DT |
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