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153 Caregiving burden and resilience: a mixed methods analysis in dyads managing a VAD in the home

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2022
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Caregivers of patients with ventricular assist devices (VAD) are invaluable contributors to patient health, but they may experience psychological symptoms or worsening quality of life related to caregiving.
Anna Peeler, Martha Abshire Saylor, Lauren Choy, Lyndsay DeGroot, Noelle Pavlovic, Patricia Davidson, Julie T. Bidwell   +6 more
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Mental health nurses’ support to caregivers of older adults with severe mental illness : a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Literature has shown the serious impact of severe mental illness on the daily life of caregivers. We studied reported caregiver support practices by mental health nurses for use in the development of a nursing intervention.
Aartsen, Marja J, Cuijpers, Pim, Grypdonck, Maria, Zegwaard, Marian I   +3 more
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Enhancing Oncological Care for India's Aging Population: Addressing the Complex Needs of Older Adults With Cancer

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Aging‐associated physiological and molecular alterations pose significant challenges in cancer management among India's elderly. Limited geriatric oncology expertise, financial constraints, and inadequate specialized care exacerbate disparities. Strategic expansion of insurance coverage, integration of palliative care, and infrastructural advancements ...
Nihanthy D. Sreenath, Mathigatta Shivarudraiah S, Rajath Govind, Kaushik M R   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family resilience and social support as mediators of caregiver burden and capacity in stroke caregivers: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionCaring for stroke survivors poses significant challenges to survivors and caregivers; understanding these relationships can inform targeted interventions and support systems.AimThis study investigates the influencing factors of caregiver ...
Qihang Xu, Jingjing Ma, Yiqing Zhang, Jiehua Gan   +3 more
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Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer's Disease: Differential Associations in Adult-Child and Spousal Caregivers in the GERAS Observational Study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2014
Background/Aims: To examine factors influencing the caregiver burden in adult-child and spousal caregivers of community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: Baseline data from the 18-month, prospective, observational GERAS study of 1,
Catherine Reed, Mark Belger, Grazia Dell'Agnello, Anders Wimo, Josep Maria Argimon, Giuseppe Bruno, Richard Dodel, Josep Maria Haro, Roy W. Jones, Bruno Vellas   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caregiver burden among informal caregivers in the largest specialized palliative care unit in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Informal caregivers (IC) are often overshadowed by the attention required by the terminally ill. This study aims to reveal the estimated proportion of caregiver burden, psychological manifestations and factors associated with caregiver burden ...
Zati Sabrina Ahmad Zubaidi, Farnaza Ariffin, Cindy Teoh Cy Oun, Diana Katiman   +3 more
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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between apathy and caregiver burden in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Objectives To investigate the relationship among patients’ apathy, cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, and caregiver burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).Design A cross-sectional study design was used.Setting The study was conducted at a ...
Min Zhang, Zhenxiang Gong, Wenhua Deng, Zehui Li, Jiahui Tang   +4 more
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Caregiver's burden in rehabilitation of patients with neurological deficits following traumatic spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Surgery, 2017
Introduction: Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is an emerging public health problem reaching epidemic proportions. Reduced functional capacity after SCI not only affects the quality of life (QOL) of the patient, but also creates an added social ...
Vinu V Gopal, P T Baburaj, P K Balakrishnan   +2 more
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Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Microgliopathy Colony‐Stimulating Factor‐1 Receptor‐Related Disorders

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to identify both fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers for CSF1R‐RD that can inform the optimal timing of treatment administration to maximize therapeutic benefit, while also providing sensitive quantitative measurements to monitor disease progression.
Tomasz Chmiela, Madison Reeves, Karen Jansen‐West, Judith Dunmore, Yuping Song, Audrey Strongosky, Sunil Gandhi, Gilana Pikover, Matt Blurton‐Jones, Robert C. Spitale, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Leonard Petrucelli, Mercedes Prudencio, Zbigniew K. Wszolek   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source