Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bédard, Michel
• Pedlar, David
• Martin, Nancy J.
• Malott, Olga
• Stones, Michael J.

Titel

Burden in Caregivers of Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in the Community: Methodological Issues and Determinants

Ist Teil von

• International psychogeriatrics, 2000-09, Vol.12 (3), p.307-332

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Considerable burden is reported by informal caregivers of older individuals with cognitive impairment. Significant progress in the understanding of determinants of this burden has been achieved. However, further progress could be attained if we considered important methodological issues that may have limited our understanding of caregiver burden. These issues include subgroups of care recipients and caregivers, measurement issues, research design, and statistical techniques. Fifty-three studies published between 1980 and 1997 (inclusive) that focused on caregiver burden were abstracted to determine the extent to which the methodological issues discussed above were considered. Overall, we found considerable variability among the studies surveyed. Further understanding of the caregiving process and reductions in caregiver burden will depend on the attention to methodological issues and understanding of burden across the whole caregiving career.