C Brettschneider1, A Hajek2, J Stein3, T Luck3, S Mamone4, B Wiese4, E Mösch5, D Weeg5, A Fuchs6, M Pentzek6, J Werle7, S Weyerer7, T Mallon8, H van den Bussche8, K Heser9, M Wagner9,10, M Scherer8, W Maier9,10, S G Riedel-Heller3, H-H König2. 1. Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. c.brettschneider@uke.de. 2. Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. 3. Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland. 4. Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, AG Medizinische Statistik und IT-Infrastruktur, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland. 5. Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, München, Deutschland. 6. Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. 7. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Deutschland. 8. Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland. 9. Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie/Psychotherapie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland. 10. Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Deutschland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Dementia is a major challenge for society and its impact will grow in the future. Informal care is an essential part of dementia care. Previous studies considered informal care as a whole and not by its components. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the degree of association between specific informal care services and dementia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This analysis is based on data from the seventh wave of the AgeCoDe/AgeQualiDe study. Dementia was diagnosed based on the DSM-IV criteria. Severity of dementia was assessed and categorized by means of the Clinical Dementia Rating and eight individual informal care services were considered. Logistic regression models were used to assess associations. RESULTS: Of the 864 participants 18% suffered from dementia (very mild: 4%; mild: 6%; moderate: 5%; severe: 3%). All informal care services were significantly associated with dementia, with an emphasis on "supervision", "regulation of financial matters" and "assistance in the intake of medication". Considering different degrees of dementia severity, similar results arose from the analyses. All three aforementioned services showed a pronounced association with all degrees of dementia severity, except for supervision and very mild dementia. CONCLUSION: The provision of all types of informal care services is associated with dementia. The association is pronounced for services that can be more easily integrated into the daily routines of the informal caregiver. Policy makers who plan to integrate informal care into the general care arrangements for dementia should consider this.
BACKGROUND:Dementia is a major challenge for society and its impact will grow in the future. Informal care is an essential part of dementia care. Previous studies considered informal care as a whole and not by its components. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the degree of association between specific informal care services and dementia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This analysis is based on data from the seventh wave of the AgeCoDe/AgeQualiDe study. Dementia was diagnosed based on the DSM-IV criteria. Severity of dementia was assessed and categorized by means of the Clinical Dementia Rating and eight individual informal care services were considered. Logistic regression models were used to assess associations. RESULTS: Of the 864 participants 18% suffered from dementia (very mild: 4%; mild: 6%; moderate: 5%; severe: 3%). All informal care services were significantly associated with dementia, with an emphasis on "supervision", "regulation of financial matters" and "assistance in the intake of medication". Considering different degrees of dementia severity, similar results arose from the analyses. All three aforementioned services showed a pronounced association with all degrees of dementia severity, except for supervision and very mild dementia. CONCLUSION: The provision of all types of informal care services is associated with dementia. The association is pronounced for services that can be more easily integrated into the daily routines of the informal caregiver. Policy makers who plan to integrate informal care into the general care arrangements for dementia should consider this.
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