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| Burden of caregivers for patients with mild cognitive impairment in Japan | | Author(s) | Satoshi Hayashi, Seishi Terada, Shigeto Nagao |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 8, August 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, August 2013 |
| Pages | pp 1357-1363 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Family care ; Stress ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Caregivers of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) already experience a need for increased services comparable to that of individuals caring for Alzheimer's disease patients. However there have been only a few studies on MCI caregiver burden. The aim of the present study was to examine MCI caregiver burden in a larger number of consecutive outpatients in Japan. 104 consecutive caregivers of people with MCI participated in the study. The caregiver burden was evaluated by the short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit Burden Interview (sZBI). Results showed that about 20% of the caregivers reported a clinically significant burden. The multiple linear regression analysis showed that the caregiver burden was significantly associated with neurobehavioral symptoms and memory problems of the patient. The study concludes that caregiver burden of MCI patients should be given more attention. The management of neurobehavioral symptoms may be important to reduce the burden on caregivers of MCI patients. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130719213 A |
| Classmark | E4: P6:SJ: QNH: 7DT |
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