Factors associated with higher caregiver burden among family caregivers of elderly cancer patients: a systematic review

L Ge, SZ Mordiffi - Cancer nursing, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Caring for elderly cancer patients may cause multidimensional burden on
family caregivers. Recognition of factors associated with caregiver burden is important for …

Relationship between family caregiver burden and physical frailty in older adults without dementia: a systematic review

T Ringer, AA Hazzan, A Agarwal, A Mutsaers… - Systematic reviews, 2017 - Springer
Background Physical frailty is a prevalent syndrome in older adults that increases
vulnerability for a range of adverse outcomes including increased dependency and death …

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 role of medical/nursing skills training in caregiver confidence and burden: a CanCORS study

MA Mollica, K Litzelman, JH Rowland, EE Kent - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Informal cancer caregivers provide essential support to cancer patients,
including performing direct medical/nursing tasks, assisting with activities of daily living, and …

[HTML][HTML] Caregivers for older adults: Prevalence, characteristics, and health care utilization and expenditures

S Musich, SS Wang, S Kraemer, K Hawkins, E Wicker - Geriatric Nursing, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of caregiver prevalence and
characteristics and to estimate the impact of caregiving on health care utilization and …

The lived experience of caregivers of persons with heart failure: A phenomenological study

A Petruzzo, M Paturzo, M Naletto… - European Journal …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Heart failure (HF) patients need to follow a strict pharmacological and
nonpharmacological regimen in order to counteract the burden of the disease, and informal …

Psychometric evaluation of the Caregiver Preparedness Scale in caregivers of adults with heart failure

A Petruzzo, M Paturzo, HG Buck… - Research in nursing …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐prepared informal caregivers play an important role in heart failure (HF) care, so an
instrument to evaluate their preparedness to care is important. To date, HF caregiver …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring caregiver burden experienced by family caregivers of patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in Nigeria

YO Oyegbile, P Brysiewicz - International Journal of Africa Nursing …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Family caregivers in many African countries bear the burden of caregiving
alone, with the paucity of research, especially for caregivers of End-Stage Renal Disease …

Psychometric characteristics of the caregiver burden inventory in caregivers of adults with heart failure

A Greco, L Pancani, M Sala, AM Annoni… - European Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background A better understanding of caregiver burden and its determinants is essential to
support caregivers. Many instruments have been developed to measure caregiver burden in …

Are disagreements in caregiver and patient assessment of patient health associated with increased caregiver burden in caregivers of older adults with cancer?

T Hsu, M Loscalzo, R Ramani, S Forman… - The …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background As patients age, caregivers increasingly provide essential support and patient
information. We sought to determine if patient‐caregiver assessments of patient health differ …