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Correlation between burden on caregiver and clinical characteristics of patients with dementia

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REVISTA DA ASSOCIACAO MEDICA BRASILEIRA
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 497-501

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ASSOC MEDICA BRASILEIRA
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302007000600015

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dementia; caregiver; burden

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OBJECTIVE. To verify the correlation between caregiver burden dementia and characteristics of patients and caregivers. METHODS. Analysis of medical records, Patient data: socio-demographic characteristics, comorbidities, medications (previous and current), onset of diagnosis and symptoms, type of dementia and severity (cognitive impairment and functional abilities), behavioral disorders, Caregiver data: socio-demographic charactenstics, kinship, duration of caregiving and co-residency with the patient. Caregiver burden assessed by the zarit Interview RESULTS. Sixty seven patients (76.8 years (+/- 6.2), 53.7% women) and 82% female caregivers were surveyed Correlation between burden and behavior disorders (p < 0.001), dependencies (p=0.003), onset of symptoms (p=0.016) and of caregiving (p<0.001), previous diagnosis (p=0.016) and co-residency (p=0.002) was studied. Cognitive test scores (Mini Mental and CAMCOG) were Inversely proportional to distress (p=0,005 and p=0,023). Black caregivers demonstrated lower levels of stress (p=0.012). CONCLUSION. Burden was associated with behavioural disorders, dependencies, cognitive impairment, and onset of symptoms, caregiving and co-residency. Black caregivers demonstrated lower levels of stress.

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