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| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chu, Donnabelle Manio Lim-Khoo, Winnie |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Background: Persons with Dementia (PwD) in India are largely cared for at home by their families. Several studies from the west have established that in many respects the Quality of Life (QoL) of the caregiver is core of successful care giving. Since the perception of QoL varies across cultures, we aimed to study what aspects of caregiver and patient characteristics predicted QoL of caregivers India. Methods: 192 consecutive PwD and their primary caregivers were recruited. Socio demographic variables and QoL was assessed for caregivers of PwD, using WHO QOL (BREF version). The PwD were assessed using Hindi Mental Status Examination (HMSE), Everyday Ability Scale for India (EASI), Neuro Psychiatric Inventory (NPI), after confirming the diagnosis of Dementia (fulfilling ICD 10 diagnostic criteria), from the treating clinician at the Geriatric Clinic and Services, NIMHANS, and seeking informed consent. Appropriate statistical measures were used for analysis. Results: 122 (63%) of the caregivers were male, and 86 (45%) were spouses, the mean age and education of the caregiver was 48.2 616.2 years and 10.965.6 years respectively. There were no gender differences in the overall QoL. Spouses experienced poorer QoL (mean 78.16 14.5, f1⁄44.57**) than other relatives. Caregiver education was highly positively correlated with the overall QoL (r1⁄4.475**). The illness characteristics of patient (HMSE, EASI and NPI) were significantly highly correlated with overall QoL of the caregiver (r1⁄4 -.205**, -.237**, -.204** respectively)[note: **p<0.001]Conclusions: The results of the present study show that caregivers experienced poor QoL, especially the spouse and those caring severely ill patients. This poses a challenge to the health care professional of not only treating the illness but also providing adequate support to the caregiver. Currently in India, formal care services in public sector for Dementia care is scarce. Policy makers therefore, considering these implications should find strategies for scaling up more home based and community based supportive services for PwD and thus providing better QoL to the caregiver in sustaining long term care. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.1028 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S1552526014016756 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1552526014016756?dgcid=api_sd_search-api-endpoint |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.1028 |
| Journal | Alzheimer's & Dementia |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
