Wilson Abreu1, Teresa Rodrigues2, Carlos Sequeira1, Regina Pires2, Ana Sanhudo3. 1. Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Porto School of Nursing, Porto, Portugal. 2. Porto School of Nursing, Porto, Portugal. 3. Hospital Magalhães Lemos, Rua Professor Álvaro Rodrigues, Porto, Portugal.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the degree of psychological distress in family caregivers of people with dementia. DESIGN AND METHODS: A nonprobabilistic sample of 54 dyads (people with dementia and family caregivers) was recruited. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and the Barthel Index were used for data collection. FINDINGS: About half of the caregivers had significant levels of psychological distress. Caregivers showed high scores in some BSI dimensions: somatization, obsessive-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, and paranoid ideation. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Alleviating the caregivers' distress is likely to have positive effects on the overall health and capacity to care. Frameworks for providing palliative care to people with advanced dementia and support the caregivers would enhance the quality of care provided and may reduce the distress on the caregiver.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the degree of psychological distress in family caregivers of people with dementia. DESIGN AND METHODS: A nonprobabilistic sample of 54 dyads (people with dementia and family caregivers) was recruited. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and the Barthel Index were used for data collection. FINDINGS: About half of the caregivers had significant levels of psychological distress. Caregivers showed high scores in some BSI dimensions: somatization, obsessive-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, and paranoid ideation. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Alleviating the caregivers' distress is likely to have positive effects on the overall health and capacity to care. Frameworks for providing palliative care to people with advanced dementia and support the caregivers would enhance the quality of care provided and may reduce the distress on the caregiver.
Authors: María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández; José Manuel Hernández-Padilla; Rocío Ortiz-Amo; Cayetano Fernández-Sola; Isabel María Fernández-Medina; José Granero-Molina Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-10-07 Impact factor: 3.390
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