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Caregiver Burden and Associated Factors Among Informal Caregivers of Stroke Survivors
- Source :
- Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 52:277-283
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Informal caregiving of stroke survivors often begins with intensity compared with the linear caregiving trajectories in progressive conditions. Informal caregivers of stroke survivors are often inadequately prepared for their caregiving role, which can have detrimental effects on their well-being. A greater depth of understanding about caregiving burden is needed to identify caregivers in most need of intervention. The purpose of this study was to examine caregiver burden and associated factors among a cohort of informal caregivers of stroke survivors. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 88 informal caregivers of stroke survivors was completed. Caregiver burden was determined with the Zarit Burden Interview, caregiver depressive symptoms were measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and stroke survivor functional disability was assessed with the Barthel Index. Ordinal logistic regression was used to identify independent factors associated with caregiver burden. RESULTS Forty-three informal caregivers (49%) reported minimal or no caregiver burden, 30 (34%) reported mild to moderate caregiver burden, and 15 (17%) reported moderate to severe caregiver burden. Stroke survivor functional disability was associated with informal caregiver burden (P = .0387). The odds of having mild to moderate caregiver burden were 3.7 times higher for informal caregivers of stroke survivors with moderate to severe functional disability than for caregivers of stroke survivors with no functional disability. The presence of caregiver depressive symptoms was highly correlated with caregiver burden (P < .001). CONCLUSION Caregivers of stroke survivors with functional disabilities and caregivers experiencing depressive symptoms may have severer caregiver burden. Trials of interventions aimed at decreasing informal caregiver burden should consider the potential impact of stroke survivors' functional disability and the presence of depressive symptoms.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Potential impact
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
business.industry
Barthel index
Psychological intervention
Caregiver burden
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
humanities
03 medical and health sciences
Medical–Surgical Nursing
0302 clinical medicine
Intervention (counseling)
Cohort
Medicine
Surgery
Neurology (clinical)
Ordered logit
Stroke survivor
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19452810 and 08880395
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........21a3c8d49c4e18ac6c0b97978064157f