8 October 2020
Informal caregivers are the main providers of care for the elderly. The aim of this study is to examine the predictive value of different variables regarding caregivers and their elderly patients with respect to the caregiver’s burden. A conven...
14 January 2019
Although the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) is the most widely used multidimensional burden instrument for assessing perceived burden of caregivers, there is no data on its psychometric properties in Spanish, nor on caregivers of dependent persons...
Distance caregivers (DCGs), those who live more than an hour away from the care recipient, often play a significant role in patients’ care. While much is known about the experience and outcomes of local family caregivers of cancer patients, lit...
This study examined the relationship between caregiver burden and sleep quality in dependent people’s family caregivers. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 201 dependent people’s family caregivers and 92 non-caregivers controls....
Background/Objectives: Informal caregivers, who provide essential support to dependent family members, often face high levels of stress and mental health problems due to the physical and emotional demands of the role. This study examined the connecti...
Background: Caregiving can be a challenging experience, particularly for caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease, given the array of motor and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Elevated care tasks and demands related to these symptoms may result...
29 September 2022
This cross-sectional study aimed to identify caregiver burden and its determinants in the informal caregivers of older patients with dementia (PWDs) aged ≥ 60 years in Java, Indonesia. Data were collected from 207 caregivers of older PWDs using se...
(1) Background: Long-term caregiving for patients receiving hemodialysis (HD), is associated with physical and psychological stress, which may impact on the well-being and quality of life of caregivers. Due to a lack of understanding of the experienc...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, neurodegenerative disease involving both motor and non-motor symptoms (NMS). In the late stage of the disease, Hoehn and Yahr (HY) stages IV-V, the symptomatology is often severe and patients...
17 April 2020
Family caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) have a heavy care burden. Affiliate stigma is the stigma internalized by individuals associated with PWD. Limited research has addressed the affiliate stigma among caregivers of PWD and its influence on...
Dementia is a progressive disease that puts substantial strain on caregivers. Many persons with dementia (PwDs) receive care from a relative. Since male and female caregivers experience different issues related to stress, it is important to meet thei...
20 January 2023
Almost 40% of US adults provide informal caregiving, yet research gaps remain around what burdens affect informal caregivers. This study uses a novel social media site, Reddit, to mine and better understand what online communities focus on as their c...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder that leads to impairments in activities of daily living. In addition to reducing patients’ quality of life, this disease also affects caregivers’ well-being. Until r...
25 March 2021
The association between caregiver burden and the physical frailty of older adults has been the object of previous studies. The contribution of patients’ dispositional optimism on caregiver burden is a poorly investigated topic. The present study aime...
Background/Objectives: Caregiver burden is a relevant dimension of the caregiving experience among informal caregivers of cancer patients and is associated with psychological, physical, and social consequences. Although several instruments are availa...
31 October 2025
Multidimensional approaches to understanding the daily lived experiences and well-being among spousal dyads, where one partner has diagnosed mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the other serves as an informal caregiver, is a relatively unexplored are...
In Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, the progressive nature of the disease and the variability of disabling motor and non-motor symptoms contribute to the growing caregiver burden of PD partners and conflicts in their relationships. Deep brain...
Background/Objectives: Caregiver burden is common among family caregivers providing home-based care and may be associated with anticipatory grief (i.e., the emotional response to an expected loss before death), family-needs satisfaction, and care-rel...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive autonomy loss and need for care. This does not only affect patients themselves, but also the patients’ informal caregivers (CGs) in their health, persona...
Background/Objectives: After an acquired brain injury (ABI), caregiver burden in family members is a clinical concern. Prior research has demonstrated that improved self-awareness in survivors of an ABI reduces caregiver burden. We examined the relat...
Background: In the Republic of Kazakhstan, informal caregivers remain the main source of patient support. Caregivers of individuals with dementia experience an increased caregiver burden and significantly higher levels of stress. We investigated the...
Background: Physical, emotional, psychological, and social factors influence the high level of burden of a caregiver providing care for a patient at home after a stroke. The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate factors influencing the h...
Background. Caregivers experience a number of challenges when caring for a chronically ill patient which can affect their physical, emotional and psychological health. Aim. To assess caregiver burden and its relationship to health-related quality of...
Due to the increasing importance of caregivers in the treatment outcomes of patients with mental illness, this study aimed to systematically review studies investigating the former’s caregiver burden and determine its prevalence. An open search...
12 October 2021
Nowadays, there are plenty of programs and resources to prevent caregiver burden of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In spite of that, many caregivers suffer high levels of burden and stress, which leads to an earlier institutionalization of patien...
This study aimed to elucidate the role of psychological factors in caregiver burden among caregivers of stage 4 cancer patients. Data were collected from 328 caregivers of cancer patients, employing the Zarit Care Burden Scale, Depression-Anxiety-Str...
4 November 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated emotional, financial, and technical challenges for informal caregivers of older people. The aim of this study was to explore the caregiving situation and subjective burden of informal caregivers of ol...
18 July 2022
Informal caregivers are at risk of caregiver burden, and physical proximity to the care recipient may add to this negative outcome. Yet, individual differences in emotional proximity to the care recipient such as attachment orientations may contribut...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder with progressive impairments in activities of daily living. With disease progression, people with PD (PwP) need more help and care from their spouses or professional caregivers....
Background: The present study aimed to assess the caregiving burden among family caregivers of adult patients with various cancer types and stages in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and to examine the associations with caregiver and patient charac...
The purpose of this study was to assess the burden of caregiving among family caregivers of cancer survivors aged 75 years or older in Japan. We included family caregivers of cancer survivors aged 75 years or older who were attending two hospitals in...
27 February 2023
Caregivers of People with dementia (PwD) commonly experience burdens and other mental health issues, e.g., depression and anxiety. At present, there are limited studies that examine the relationships between caregiver psychological factors and caregi...
Background: Caregiver burden represents a multidimensional syndrome influenced by patient-related, relational, and contextual factors in neurological disorders. Although stroke, Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diffe...
Background/Objectives: Caregiver burden represents a critical yet under-integrated dimension of clinical care in head and neck cancer, where complex treatments and functional impairments impose substantial demands on informal caregivers. This study a...
5 December 2022
(1) Background: The aim of this study was to investigate caregiver burden among informal caregivers of head and neck cancer patients, in relation to distress and quality of life (QoL), and the relationship between informal caregivers and patients. (2...
Background: Performance of daily activities (Activities of Daily Living [ADLs] and Instrumental ADLs [IADLs]) is key to independent functioning in dementia, and greater I/ADL dependence contributes to burden in caregivers. We investigated how domains...
Caregiver burden is a critical public health issue among individuals providing long-term care for family members with cognitive impairment and is closely associated with physiological stress. However, conventional assessments primarily rely on self-r...
7 February 2022
This study aimed to conduct a quantitative synthesis of the clinical correlates of caregiver burden in schizophrenia studies published in the last two decades. Derived from eight electronic databases, this meta-analytic review revisits 34 English art...
Background/Objectives: Caregivers play a central role in supporting patients in palliative care but often face significant challenges to their physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being. Family doctors are uniquely positioned to help allev...
29 July 2020
Few studies have explored the inter-relationships of sources of social support and caregiving self-efficacy with caregiver burden and patient’s quality of life among patients with palliative care needs and their caregivers. This study tested th...
Pediatric palliative care (PPC) is an evolving field that focuses on supporting children with life-limiting conditions, where the quality of care is vital. This study is a retrospective observational investigation that examines the experiences of car...
Background/Objectives: Caregiver burden is a well-documented phenomenon among families of children with disabilities, particularly within early childhood intervention contexts. Although family-centered practices aim to empower parents and foster coll...
Dog behavior problems are a common source of stress for owners, yet the psychological mechanisms underlying this distress remain poorly understood. This cross-sectional study online survey examines relationships among dog behavioral characteristics,...
9 June 2020
Cancer caregiving is associated with burden and a poor psychological state. However, there is no previous information about the predictive utility of specific burden domains on anxiety and depression in the first six months after a partner’s ca...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most frequent neurodegenerative disease of people who are beyond 50 years of age. People with PD (PwP) suffer from a large variety of motor and non-motor symptoms resulting in reduced health-related qualit...
This study aimed to systematically review and analyze factors contributing to caregiver burden among family caregivers of older adults with chronic illnesses in local communities. Specific objectives included exploring the characteristics of older ad...
Background: Dementia is a global public health priority, and visual impairment has been identified as a modifiable risk factor. While cataract surgery improves quality of life in mild cognitive impairment, its impact on the burden of caregivers suppo...
5 January 2022
The informal family caregiver burden (IFCB) for chronically ill bedridden elderly patients (CIBEPs) is a major issue worldwide. It is a significant challenge due to the ongoing increased palliative care in the family setting; therefore, we explored t...
Background/Objectives: Family members are the principal providers of home-based care for migrant older adults. Linguistic, cultural, and structural barriers within health systems exacerbate the caregiver burden across emotional, physical and financia...
Background/Objectives: Family caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia often face considerable psychological and physical strain due to the complexity of caregiving. Although psychoeducation has demonstrated benefits in alleviating this burden, i...
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