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Problematising care burden research. [PDF]

open access: yesAgeing and Society, 2014
In this paper we use Alvesson and Sandberg’s strategy of problematisation to analyse the assumptions embedded in the development and use of the concept of ‘care-giver burden’.We do this in order to develop an explanation as to why decades of research ...
Ceci, C., Purkis, M. E.
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Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [PDF]

open access: yes
Chronic care manages long-term, progressive conditions, while acute care addresses short-term conditions. Chronic conditions increasingly strain health systems, which are often unprepared for these demands.
GBD 2019 Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators,   +1 more
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Caregivers’ burden and schizophrenia patients’ quality of life: Sequential mediating effects of expressed emotion and perceived expressed emotion

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundIncreasing attention has been paid to the role of caregivers’ burden in affecting quality of life (QoL) of schizophrenic patients. However, less is known about potential mediation mechanisms underlying this relationship. The current study aimed
Yicheng Wei   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Burden of Diabetes (Care) [PDF]

open access: yesDiabetes Care, 2003
Now that there is a plethora of clinical trial data with clinically meaningful end points proving that the burden of diabetes can be improved by a variety of interventions, including glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid control; the use of statins, ACE inhibitors, and aspirin; appropriately timed laser therapy for diabetic retinopathy; and screening of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Mothers' perspectives of physical and psychological issues associated with caring for Ghanaian children living with tuberculosis: A qualitative study

open access: yesNursing Open, 2023
Aim The aim of the study was to explore and describe the mothers' perspectives on issues associated with caring for Ghanaian children aged 0–14 years living with tuberculosis. Design Exploratory descriptive qualitative design.
Eric Tornu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caring for the burden of COPD [PDF]

open access: yesThorax, 2006
How delivery of care affects the subsequent progress of COPD patients In the five years since the publication of the first Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) report,1 awareness of COPD has increased appreciably. The early hope that the problem of COPD would recede as smoking numbers fell has not been realised, partly ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Effect of Telenursing on Life Quality and Care Burden of Caregivers in Patients Undergoing Bladder Tumor Resection through Duct [PDF]

open access: yesTranslational Research in Urology, 2022
Introduction: Bladder cancer is a disease that significantly influences life quality. It is necessary to have continuous training and care of the patient and family after discharge to care for the patients undergoing bladder tumor resection through the ...
Bahare Fallah   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990-2010 : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Background: The burden of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke varies between regions and over time. With differences in prognosis, prevalence of risk factors, and treatment strategies, knowledge of stroke ...
Bennett, DA   +95 more
core   +1 more source

A comparison of levels of burden in Indian and White parents with a son or daughter with schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: Caregiver burden in mental illness is believed to differ between ethnic groups, but few studies have examined this in schizophrenia in the UK.
Lloyd, H. (Helen)   +11 more
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Unexpected changes and associated factors of care burden among caregivers of cancer patients one year after COVID-19 outbreak

open access: yes, 2023
Purpose The study aimed to evaluate the changes in the care burden and quality of life of caregivers of cancer patients and correlates of care burden during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Baraniak, A.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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