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[P2–517]: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH QUALITY OF LIFE OF FAMILY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Fariicolas,
Page Thomas,
Daley Stephanie,
Brown Anna,
Bowling Ann,
Basset Thurstine,
Livingston Gill,
John Knapp Martin Richard,
Murray Joanna,
Banerjee Sube
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1175
Subject(s) - psycinfo , dementia , scopus , quality of life (healthcare) , perspective (graphical) , gerontology , medicine , systematic review , psychology , medline , nursing , disease , political science , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
The purposes of this study were to examine risk domains of family caregivers for patients with dementia and to investigate associations between characteristics of patients with dementia and risk domains of family caregiversMethods:This is a descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional study using convenience sample from 25 district dementia support centers in Seoul, South Korea. The questionnaires for family caregivers included risk appraisal and demographic and caregiving information. Data on patients with dementia of family caregivers completing the questionnaires included duration and type of dementia, CDR (Clinical Dementia Rating), MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination), and demographic information. Results: In comprehensive assessment of risk in family caregivers of patients with dementia, caregiving burden of patients with dementia was identified as the most significant risk among five risk domains of family caregivers: information, safety, burden, social support, and health. This finding is consistent with previous studies which indicated that caregivers of patients with dementia have moderate or severe levels of burden and may partially explain burden of caregivers as integrated response to physical, psychological, emotional, social, and financial stressors on caregiving. Conclusions:Burden in caregiving of patients with dementia is the most significant risk domains of family caregivers, followed by social support and health risk of family caregivers. Gender and health-related quality of life of patients with dementia are significant factors of information, burden, and health risk of family caregivers for caregiving. Gender, age, marital status, education, income, employment, having certified care worker, and neuroticism of family caregivers are associated with risk of information, safety, social support, and health of family caregivers in caring for patients with dementia. *This research was supported by research fund by Seoul Dementia Center and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and future Planning(NRF. 2013R1A2A2A01069090).