Caregiver burden in family carers of people with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

TY - JOUR

T1 - Caregiver burden in family carers of people with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

AU - Svendsboe, Ellen

AU - Terum, Toril

AU - Testad, Ingelin

AU - Aarsland, Dag

AU - Ulstein, Ingun

AU - Corbett, Anne

AU - Rongve, Arvid

PY - 2016/9

Y1 - 2016/9

N2 - Objective: To characterise the differences in caregiver distress between carers of people diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), with a view to differentiating and improving support for caregivers. Methods: This study is a part of two larger Norwegian studies, DemVest (n=265) and The Norwegian Dementia Register (n=2220), with data from caregivers and people diagnosed with AD (n=100) and DLB (n=86) between 2005 and 2013. The average age was 74.9years (SD=7.8). Caregiver distress was rated by the Relative Stress Scale. Diagnosis of the person receiving care was based on a comprehensive standardised assessment program (International Classification of Diseases, Revision 10 or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, fourth edition). Additional data collected from people receiving care were neuropsychiatric symptoms, comorbidity and activities of daily living (ADL) score. Linear regression analyses were applied, first unadjusted and then in stepwise-adjusts in addition to descriptive analyses. Results: Caregivers to people with AD (20.2%) and 40% of caregivers for people with DLB experienced moderate or high caregiver burden with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders in the early stage of dementia. High Relative Stress Scale (RSS) total scores in caregivers was significantly associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms (Neuropsychiatric Inventory, p=0.004) and also with impaired ADL functioning (Rapid Disability Rating Scale-2, p

AB - Objective: To characterise the differences in caregiver distress between carers of people diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), with a view to differentiating and improving support for caregivers. Methods: This study is a part of two larger Norwegian studies, DemVest (n=265) and The Norwegian Dementia Register (n=2220), with data from caregivers and people diagnosed with AD (n=100) and DLB (n=86) between 2005 and 2013. The average age was 74.9years (SD=7.8). Caregiver distress was rated by the Relative Stress Scale. Diagnosis of the person receiving care was based on a comprehensive standardised assessment program (International Classification of Diseases, Revision 10 or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, fourth edition). Additional data collected from people receiving care were neuropsychiatric symptoms, comorbidity and activities of daily living (ADL) score. Linear regression analyses were applied, first unadjusted and then in stepwise-adjusts in addition to descriptive analyses. Results: Caregivers to people with AD (20.2%) and 40% of caregivers for people with DLB experienced moderate or high caregiver burden with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders in the early stage of dementia. High Relative Stress Scale (RSS) total scores in caregivers was significantly associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms (Neuropsychiatric Inventory, p=0.004) and also with impaired ADL functioning (Rapid Disability Rating Scale-2, p

KW - Alzheimer's disease

KW - Caregiver burden

KW - Dementia with Lewy bodies

KW - Neuropsychiatric Inventory

KW - Relative Stress Scale

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U2 - 10.1002/gps.4433

DO - 10.1002/gps.4433

M3 - Article

SN - 0885-6230

VL - 31

SP - 1975

EP - 1083

JO - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

JF - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

IS - 9

ER -