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Informal Caregiver Burnout? Development of a Theoretical Framework to Understand the Impact of Caregiving

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Informal caregiving is a rewarding but demanding role. The present theoretical framework proposes to adapt the tridimensional concept of burnout to informal caregiving as a way to address the potential consequences of caregiving. This adaptation reflects
P. Gérain, E. Zech
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Factors Affecting Psychological Burden on the Informal Caregiver of Patients With Cirrhosis: Looking Beyond the Patient.

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2020
Background and aims Cirrhosis leads to considerable morbidity and mortality, compromises quality of life, and often necessitates assistance in activities of daily living.
Deepa Shrestha, S. Rathi, S. Grover, S. Taneja, A. Duseja, Y. Chawla, R. Dhiman   +6 more
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Informal caregiving for cancer patients [PDF]

Cancer, 2013
According to the recent worldwide estimation by the GLOBOCAN project, in total, 12.7 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths occurred in 2008. The worldwide number of cancer survivors within 5 years of diagnosis has been estimated at be almost 28.8 million.
Romito, Francesca, Goldzweig, Gil, Cormio, Claudia, Hagedoorn, Mariet, Andersen, Barbara L.   +4 more
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Living with Chronic Heart Failure: Exploring Patient, Informal Caregiver, and Healthcare Professional Perceptions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Due to the complexity of heart failure (HF) and its treatment process, a high level of patient and informal caregiver engagement is required for management results.
N. Sedlar, M. Lainščak, J. Farkaš
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The contribution of caregiver psychosocial factors to distress associated with behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia [PDF]

, 2016
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: The objective of the study is to examine caregiver factors as predictors of BPSD-related distress and their potential mechanisms.
Ablitt, American Psychiatric Association, Ankri, Arbuckle, Bandeira, Baron, Bentler, Bentler, Bird, Campbell, Chan, Cheng, Craig, Crellin, Cummings, Cummings, EuroQoL Group, Fauth, Franche, Gaugler, Gonyea, Greene, Holmbeck, IBM Corp., Iecovich, Jackson, Jarrett, Kline, Kline, Knight, Lee, Lenior, Lyonette, Melo, Miranda-Castillo, Ngai, Orgeta, Ornstein, Pearlin, Powers, Preacher, Quinn, Reisberg, Roach, Schreiber, Siegert, Sobel, Springate, Spruyette, Steadman, Steiger, Tan, Teri, Townsend, Vernooij-Dassen, Vernooij-Dassen, Vugt, Wells, Williamson, Zarit   +59 more
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Systematic review of caregiver burden, unmet needs and quality-of-life among informal caregivers of patients with pancreatic cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022
Informal caregivers play an important supportive care role for patients with cancer. This may be especially true for pancreatic cancer which is often diagnosed late, has a poor prognosis and is associated with a significant symptom burden.
Eric Chong, L. Crowe, K. Mentor, Sanjay Pandanaboyana, L. Sharp   +4 more
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EDUCATIONAL VIDEO AS EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ON FORMAL AND INFORMAL CAREGIVER TO ELDERLY : A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Research, 2021
Presbycusis is a progressive hearing loss which occurs at the age of 65. Communication difficulties caused by these problems are usually not understood or understood by people with normal hearing functions.
Achmad Fajar Putra Nurdiansyah, Syarif Syamsi Ahyandi, Alvian Wahyu Mahesya, Aryunidya Asmaradianti, Avida Marisa Ilmi, Meutia Putri Aristya, Rani Nurvita, Lady Sherly Nuramalia, Kadek Rama Narottama, Nyilo Purnami, Pudji Lestari   +10 more
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Caregiver's distress related to the patient's neuropsychiatric symptoms as a function of the care-setting [PDF]

, 2016
[Abstract] Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and correlation between its intensity and caregiver distress were evaluated as a function of the care-setting in a cross-sectional study including 72 patient-caregiver dyads.
Agrafojo Nieto, María Helena, González-Abraldes, Isabel, Labra, Carmen de, Lorenzo, Trinidad, Lorenzo-López, Laura, Maseda, Ana, Millán-Calenti, José Carlos, Rodríguez-Villamil, José Luis   +7 more
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Sharing in the life of the person with disability: A Ghanaian perspective

African Journal of Disability, 2015
This thought article was a hermeneutic inquiry into the experiences of informal caregivers of the elderly who are also physically disabled. The experiences of some Ghanaian informal caregivers were examined in three clinical cases and laced with the ...
Frances E. Owusu-Ansah
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Parents as informal caregivers of children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative data on the psychosocial situation, caregiver burden, and family needs

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare degenerative neuromuscular disease, mostly occurring in infants and children, leading to muscle wasting and weakness, and premature death. Due to new developments of multiple disease-modifying treatments
Maja Brandt, L. Johannsen, Laura Inhestern, C. Bergelt   +3 more
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