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The Caregivers for Alzheimer's disease Problems Scale (CAPS)
— development of a new scale within the LASER-AD study | | Author(s) | G Livingston, R Mahoney, C Regan |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 3, May 2005 |
| Pages | pp 287-290 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Evaluation ; London ; South East England. |
| Annotation | The authors have developed the 5-item Caregivers for Alzheimer's disease Problems Scale (CAPS) comprising common risk factors for anxiety and depression for family carers of people with dementia. The sensitivity and specificity of CAPS is calculated, in order to measure its usefulness in identifying caregivers at risk of anxiety and depression. 153 family caregivers were interviewed as part of a larger epidemiological representative study of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their caregivers in London and the South East Region (LASER). Caregiver anxiety and depression were measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The CAPS had high sensitivity and specificity in detecting caregivers with screen positive anxiety and depression. Five areas were indicated: neuropsychiatric symptoms and depression in the care recipient, co-residence and relationships with the care recipient, and physical health of the caregiver. The authors recommend that the CAPS be used as part of routine assessments of people with dementia and their families. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050520211 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: ENR: ENP: 4C: 82L: 82Z |
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