… in life suffer from depression.… illness burden interaction term into the regression model along
with age, sex, and high overall burden of illness, we found that high overall burden of illness …

… Consequently, in elderly people suffering from hypertension, … illness perception, medication
beliefs, and illness burden in medication adherence in a sample of elderly people suffering …

… The present study is a retrospective analysis of all records of elderly patients suffering from
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), admitted to this center over a period of 10 years. This …

… burden were defined: a low burden for a score ≤ 20, a mild burden for a score between
21 and 40, a moderate burden between 41 and 60, and a severe burden for a score > 60. …

… and symptoms, and dealing with the suffering of a family member. Families may be … elderly
spousal caregivers may be a risk factor for death [34]. In a study in caregivers of terminally ill …

… Erikson's theoretical model describes the suffering in three forms: as related to illness, as
related to care, and as related to life. The primary objective of caring is to recognize and …

… burden exists), other things suffer (disruption of family process, … into the burden of care of
older adults with chronic illness. … that while the burden of giving care to the elderly is immense…

… caring for a family member suffering from dementia (11-13). … , the burden on caregivers of
patients suffering from dementia was … (16) for assessment of the care of chronically ill patients. …

… In Italy, family members are the principal caregivers to elderly, … is inexorably destined to
increase as the illness worsens [1]. … This study suffers from several limitations. Besides those …

… half of 100 elderly depressed patients suffered unrecognized medical illnesses, many of …
The ability to rate and track medical burden reliably in depressed elderly patients would be an …