Effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease on Chinese and American caregivers

FC Pang, TW Chow, JL Cummings… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background In Chinese culture, extended family support, acceptance of age‐
related cognitive changes and filial tradition of caring for elders may decrease caregiver …

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease differ in Chinese and American patients

TW Chow, CK Liu, JL Fuh, VPY Leung… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is similar across ethnic groups.
To our knowledge, no comparison of behavioral symptoms has been addressed. Objective …

Family caregiver's perception of Alzheimer's disease and caregiving in Chinese culture

B Dai, Z Mao, B Wu, YJ Mei, S Levkoff… - Social work in public …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the perception of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and caregiving among
family caregivers of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD in China. In …

Caregiver burden and prevalence of depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances in A lzheimer's disease caregivers in C hina

S Liu, C Li, Z Shi, X Wang, Y Zhou, S Liu… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To evaluate caregiver burden and factors that influence this burden
among caregivers and patients with Alzheimer's disease in China. Background Long‐term …

The cultural context of caregiving: a comparison of Alzheimer's caregivers in Shanghai, China and San Diego, California

TL Patterson, SJ Semple, WS Shaw, E Yu… - Psychological …, 1998 - cambridge.org
Background. Systematic comparisons of the psychological and physical responses of
caregivers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients in the US and China have not been …

Depression among Alzheimer's caregivers: Identifying risk factors

JR Shua-Haim, T Haim, Y Shi… - American Journal of …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to reveal risk factors contributing to the development
of depression among caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients. Methods: In a cross …

Behavioral disorders and caregivers' reaction in Taiwanese patients with Alzheimer's disease

JL Fuh, CK Liu, MS Mega, SJ Wang… - International …, 2001 - cambridge.org
Objectives: To evaluate the applicability of the Chinese version of the Neuropsychiatric
Inventory Scale (NPI), and to explore the neuropsychiatric manifestations of Taiwanese …

A cross-cultural validation of coping strategies and their associations with caregiving distress

WS Shaw, TL Patterson, SJ Semple, I Grant… - The …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Coping strategies were compared among family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients
in Shanghai, China (n= 110) and San Diego, California (n= 139). Four coping factors were …

Depressed spousal caregivers have psychological stress unrelated to the progression of Alzheimer disease: A 3-year follow-up report, Kuopio ALSOVA study

TH Välimäki, JA Martikainen… - Journal of geriatric …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To explore family caregiver (FC) long-term psychological distress after Alzheimer
disease (AD) diagnosis in a family member. Methods: FC (n= 236) and patients with AD …

Neuropsychiatric symptom clusters of Alzheimer disease in Hong Kong Chinese: correlates with caregiver burden and depression

ST Cheng, LCW Lam, T Kwok - The American Journal of Geriatric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the relative effects of different neuropsychiatric syndromes of
Alzheimer disease (AD) on caregiver burden and depression. Methods One hundred forty …