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dc.contributor.authorConnors, Michael H-
dc.contributor.authorSeeher, Katrin-
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira-Pinto, Armando-
dc.contributor.authorWoodward, Michael M-
dc.contributor.authorAmes, David-
dc.contributor.authorBrodaty, Henry-
dc.date2019-12-10-
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-18T04:02:53Z-
dc.date.available2019-12-18T04:02:53Z-
dc.date.issued2020-02-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2020; 35(2): 250-258-
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/22290-
dc.description.abstractDementia, with its progressive cognitive and functional decline and associated neuropsychiatric symptoms, places a large burden on caregivers. While frequently studied, longitudinal findings about the overall trajectory of burden are mixed. The study sought to characterize caregiver burden over a 3-year period and identify predictors of this burden. Seven-hundred-and-eighty-one patients with dementia were recruited from nine memory clinics around Australia. Measures of caregiver burden, cognition, function, and neuropsychiatric symptoms were completed with patients and their caregivers at regular intervals over a 3-year period. Patients' level of services and medication use were also recorded. Of the 720 patients with measures of caregiver burden at baseline, 47.4% of caregivers had clinically significant levels of burden. This proportion increased over time, with 56.8% affected at 3 years. Overall levels of burden increased for caregivers of patients without services, though did not change for caregivers of patients receiving services or residential care after controlling for other variables. Patient characteristics-including greater neuropsychiatric symptoms, lower functional ability, fewer medications, lack of driving ability-and female sex of caregivers were associated with greater burden. High levels of caregiver burden are present in a large proportion of caregivers of people with dementia and this increases over time for those without services. Clinical characteristics of patients (including neuropsychiatric symptoms, function, overall health, driving status), level of services, and caregiver sex appear to be the best predictors of this burden. These characteristics may help identify caregivers at greater risk of burden to target for intervention.-
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.subjectAlzheimer's disease-
dc.subjectcaregiver burden-
dc.subjectcarer burden-
dc.subjectdementia-
dc.subjectlongitudinal-
dc.subjectneuropsychiatric symptoms-
dc.subjectvascular dementia-
dc.titleDementia and caregiver burden: A three-year longitudinal study.-
dc.typeJournal Article-
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry-
dc.identifier.affiliationNational Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationDementia Centre for Research Collaboration, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationCentre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationAcademic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationAustin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australiaen
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/gps.5244-
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9487-6617-
dc.identifier.pubmedid31821606-
dc.type.austinJournal Article-
local.name.researcherWoodward, Michael M
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item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
item.grantfulltextnone-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairetypeJournal Article-
crisitem.author.deptAged Care-
crisitem.author.deptGeriatric Medicine-
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