Perceived burden of dementia care, clinical, psychological and demographic characteristics of patients and primary caregivers in Iran
| Autor: | Ruohollah Seddigh, Mahdiyeh Salehi, Behnam Shariati, Seyed Kazem Malakouti, Leila Kamalzadeh, Mostafa Almasi-Doghaee, Vahid Rashedi, Masoud Ahmadzad Asl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gerontology
050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Family characteristics Public health 05 social sciences Iran medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Caregivers mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Dementia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Aged Demography |
| Zdroj: | Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 29:627-638 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9109 2327-9095 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23279095.2020.1798960 |
| Popis: | Caregiving for dependent older adults with dementia has become an important public health issue. However, not much is known about the caregiver experience for caregivers of patients with dementia in Iran. This study was designed to examine the relationship between variables pertaining to primary caregivers and patients and the level of perceived caregiver burden. The participants of this cross-sectional study were 60 caregiver and care-recipient pairs presented to Rasoul-e Akram hospital and Brain and Cognition Clinic, in Tehran, Iran. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZBI), the General health questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were used. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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