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Patient affect and caregiver burden in dementia
Author(s) -
Kawano Yoshiko,
Terada Seishi,
Takenoshita Shintaro,
Hayashi Satoshi,
Oshima Yoshitaka,
Miki Tomoko,
Yokota Osamu,
Yamada Norihito
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1479-8301
pISSN - 1346-3500
DOI - 10.1111/psyg.12487
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , dementia , medicine , caregiver burden , psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , disease , communication
Background Numerous studies focusing on the burden of caregivers of dementia patients have been published. However, there have been few studies focusing on positive affect as an important factor affecting the caregiver burden, and only a few studies comparing the caregiver burden between different dementia diseases have been reported. Methods Three hundred and thirty‐seven consecutive caregivers of people with dementia participated in this study. The caregiver burden was evaluated by the short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit Burden Interview. Results Positive affect scores had a significant relationship with the scores of the short version of the Zarit Burden Interview. Caregivers for patients with dementia with Lewy bodies or frontotemporal dementia suffered from a greater burden than those for patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia. Conclusions The caregiver burden differed between people caring for patients with different dementia diseases. Positive affect of dementia patients has a significant relationship with caregiver burden, independently from neuropsychiatric symptoms of patients.