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A cross-sectional study: caregiver burden and related determinants of adult patients with β-thalassemia major in mainland China

BMC Nursing
Background The informal caregivers of adult patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM) bear not only physical but also emotional and economic pressures of providing care.
Runqi Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Jing Ming, Jing Xie, Baoguo Liu, Weihang Jiang, Yingjie Fu, Xuemei Zhen, Xiaojie Sun   +8 more
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Informal caring-time and caregiver satisfaction [PDF]

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2011
This paper examines the role of care decision processes on informal caring-time choices. We focus on three care decisions: the caregiver's own decision, a family decision and a recipient request. Results show that informal caregivers, engaged in care activities as a result of a family decision, are more likely to devote more than 5 h to care activities,
Marcén, Miriam, Molina, José Alberto
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Common Mental Disorders Among Informal Primary Caregivers of Adults With Mental Illness During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic in Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Coronaviruses (CoVs) are emerging respiratory viruses and cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Tilahun Abdeta, Defaru Desalegn
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Caregiver burden of Alzheimer’s disease among informal caregivers: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Scientific Reports
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) not only impacts the patients but substantially informal caregivers in terms of physical and psychological burden. This study aims to determine the burden level of informal caregivers of patients with different stages of AD and ...
Lyn Xuan Tay, Siew Chin Ong, Hui Ming Ong, Ewe Eow Teh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Ing Khieng Tiong, Rizah Mazzuin Razali, Thaigarajan Parumasivam   +7 more
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Extent of caregiver burden among informal caregivers of persons with severe mental disorders in rural South Africa

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: Informal caregivers are the backbone of recovery for people with severe mental disorders in South Africa, particularly in rural areas where access to mental health services is limited.
Olindah Silaule, Nokuthula Nkosi, Fasloen Adams   +2 more
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A qualitative exploration of cAregiver experienCes Of conseRvatively maNaged kidney failure: the ACORN study

BMC Nephrology
Introduction Patients with kidney failure who are older, frail and have multiple conditions can choose not to receive dialysis and instead receive conservative management, which focuses on symptom management and maximising quality of life.
Claire Carswell, T. Forbes, A. Wilson, G. Laurente, M. Yaqoob, P. Gilbert, S. Bolton, A. Burns, C. Moran, S. O’Neill, J. McGarry, N. O’Hare, K. McGuigan, C. McKeaveney, C. McVeigh, J. Reid, S. Rej, I. Walsh, H. Noble   +18 more
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Motivated to care: latent classes of caregiver motivation as moderators among stress, resources, and well-being

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionInformal caregiving motivations are central to how informal caregivers interpret stressors, access resources, and maintain wellbeing. However, motivation is rarely integrated into models of caregiver stress.
Deborah L. Nichols, Amy Laine
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Online activities among elder informal caregivers: Results from a cross-sectional study

Digital Health, 2018
Objectives The internet can be used as a source to gain information or support during highly demanding circumstances, e.g. providing informal care. While internet use has been studied among older people, less is known about informal caregivers' online ...
Dominique A Reinwand, Rik Crutzen, Susanne Zank   +2 more
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Cost analysis of informal care: estimates from a national cross-sectional survey in Sweden

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Over the past decades, informal care has increased in most OECD-countries. Informal care is costly to caregivers and to society in the form of lost income and direct costs of providing care.
Björn Ekman, Kevin McKee, Joana Vicente, Lennart Magnusson, Elizabeth Hanson   +4 more
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ÉTICA DEL CUIDADO COMPASIVO EN LA FAMILIA: CUIDANDO AL CUIDADOR

Musas, 2018
Introduction Compassionate care is an ethical action within the primary mission of a professional nurse: caring. And more specifically, this also includes caring for the family caregiver.
Miryam Inmaculada Bueno-Arnau, Josefina Goberna-Tricas, Carmen López Mateu   +2 more
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