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STRESS OF CAREGIVERS OF DEMENTIA PATIENTS IN THE SINGAPORE CHINESE FAMILY
Author(s) -
HEOK KUA EE,
LI TAN SWEE
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199704)12:4<466::aid-gps517>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - dementia , psychology , stress (linguistics) , gerontology , medicine , family caregivers , psychiatry , clinical psychology , disease , linguistics , philosophy
In a study of 50 family caregivers of elderly Chinese patients with dementia in Singapore, 28 (56%) scored five points or more on the 28‐item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The GHQ scores correlated significantly with duration of care; presence of delusion, hallucination, depression, insomnia, incontinence and agitation; and the total score of the Behavioural Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale. On multiple regression analysis the only variables to achieve a significant relationship with the GHQ scores were duration of care, depression and the total behavioural score. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.