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BURDEN ASSESSMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG CAREGIVERS FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Community Health Nursing

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Background The burden associated with caring for Alzheimer's patients not only affects the health of family caregivers and increases their mortality risk, but also reduces the quality of caregiving .Aim: To assess burden and quality of life of caregivers of Alzheimer's patients .Design: A cross-sectional descriptive research design was applied. Setting: This study was carried out at neurologic outpatient clinics of psychiatric hospital in Port Said city. Subjects: A Purposive sample of all family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients (110) were included. Tools of data collection: Family Caregivers' Socio-Demographic Information Questionnaire; Caregivers' Burden Scale; and Short Form Health-Related Quality of Scale were used. Results: Mean age of caregivers was 41.36 ± 12.74 and more than two-thirds of them were females. Also, physical burden was the most prevalent at 19.45±3.47 among caregivers. Furthermore, the highest percentage 71.8% of caregivers reported having poor quality of life concerning limitations of activities. Additionally, there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between the total quality of care of caregivers of Alzheimer's patients with caregiver's total burden assessment at P<0.05. Conclusion: Total burden assessment among the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients was 51.43±9.20; with a higher percentage of the caregivers of Alzheimer patients had the total average quality of life, while a lower percentage of the caregivers of Alzheimer patients had a total average good quality of life. Recommendations: Continuous health educations programs for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients are necessary needed and further studies using a large study sample size in different settings are highly recommended.  

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10.21608/pssjn.2022.124614.1181

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Alzheimer, Burden of Care, family caregivers, quality of life

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Marwa

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Elagamey

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Community health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

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marwa.elagamy@yahoo.com

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Gehad

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Mohamed Abo Elmatty

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Family and Community Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

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Nglaa Ibrahim

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Mohammed Gida

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Family and Community Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

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Maha

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Moussa Mohammed

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Family and Community Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

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9

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3

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38284

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2022-12-01

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2022-02-28

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2022-12-31

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138

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159

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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866

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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22 Jan 2023