作者
Alba-Elena Martínez-Santos, David Facal, Noelia Vicho de la Fuente, Lucía Vilanova-Trillo, Manuel Gandoy-Crego, Raquel Rodríguez-González
发表日期
2021/9/1
期刊
Patient Education and Counseling
卷号
104
期号
9
页码范围
2165-2169
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Dementia is a brain syndrome that affects a growing number of persons worldwide and generates a strong and progressive demand for care from a family caregiver, usually females.
Objective
We aimed to describe the care provided by family caregivers of persons with dementia as well as the impact on their health and its interrelation with gender.
Patient involvement
This study was carried out in collaboration with the 13 associations of family caregivers of persons with dementia that are part of a Regional Federation. This partnership worked towards bettering patient care and proposing improvements to the public health system.
Methods
A multi-institutional cross-sectional study. A total of 462 primary family caregivers of persons with dementia from north-west Spain were included. Data were collected between January and April 2019 with an anonymous self-administered validated questionnaire (ICUB-97 …
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