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Acta Neurológica Colombiana
Print version ISSN 0120-8748On-line version ISSN 2422-4022
Abstract
ROJAS VILLEGAS, Yessika Milena et al. The caregiver burden of dementia patients in a military population: a descriptive study. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2020, vol.36, n.4, pp.223-231. Epub Jan 17, 2021. ISSN 0120-8748. https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022327.
BACKGROUND:
Dementia affects not only the person with the disease, also the caregiver, who represents a fundamental part in the management of patients with dementia.
OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of the present study was to describe the caregiver burden in a group of caregivers of patients with dementia at the Central Military Hospital, exploring possible associations between the burden and variables dependent on the care subject.
DESIGN:
Longitudinal descriptive study.
CONTEXT:
patients who come to a consultation at the Central Military Hospital between August 2016 and April 2018.
MEASUREMENTS:
Demographic data were obtained from the caregiver and the patient with dementia (binomial: caregiver - patient), the Zarit scale was applied for the measurement of the degree of caregiver burden, and functional assessment of the patient with dementia (using Barthel scale and Clinical Dementia Rating -CDR), hospital admissions of the patient with dementia were recorded during 1 year.
RESULTS:
50 caregivers and 50 patients with dementia were included in the study. 45 (90 %) caregivers were women, with an average age of 60 years (SD: 15 min-max 24-85). The caregiver burden was intense in 33 (66 %) caregivers, the feeling of self-abandonment was the main dimension of the burden reported. The higher burden is associated with the higher clinical deterioration of dementia (CDR = 3, P = 0.008), but not with the functional state on the Barthel scale.
Keywords : Dementia; Social Support; Caregivers; Alzheimer; Mental Status; Dementia Tests (MeSH).