Relationship between Care Burden and Health Anxiety in the Family Caregivers of the Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease.
Background: Being a chronic and prevalent disease in older adults, Alzheimer's disease requires extensive and long-term care from caregivers. The disease significantly increases the burden on family caregivers and can cause physical and mental disorders for them, ultimately hindering their ability t...
| Publicado en: | Ageing International Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 280 - 293 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=177462335&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 177462335 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01635158 DUS jtl: Ageing International issn: 01635158 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 49 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 177462335 174311746 177462335 177462335 10.1007/s12126-023-09545-6 177462335 ppf: 280 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Relationship between Care Burden and Health Anxiety in the Family Caregivers of the Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease. aug: au: Sargolzaei, Mohammad Sadegh Kohestani, Daniyal Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Tahereh Alsadat Asl, Hossein Asghari affil: Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran sug: subj: Caregiver Burden Complications Hypochondriasis Risk Factors Anxiety Risk Factors Caregivers Psychosocial Factors Alzheimer's Disease Therapy Risk Assessment Human Correlational Studies Cross Sectional Studies Data Analysis Software Unpaired T-Tests Analysis of Variance Regression Descriptive Statistics Age Factors Sex Factors Marital Status Economic Status Male Female Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Funding Source Questionnaires Educational Status Confidence Intervals Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Background: Being a chronic and prevalent disease in older adults, Alzheimer's disease requires extensive and long-term care from caregivers. The disease significantly increases the burden on family caregivers and can cause physical and mental disorders for them, ultimately hindering their ability to provide adequate care for the patients. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between care burden and health anxiety among the family caregivers of the older adults with Alzheimer's disease. Materials and Methods: A correlational cross-sectional study enrolled 150 family caregivers who had been providing direct care to older adults with Alzheimer's disease for at least six months, chosen by continuous sampling. The study collected data using the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) and Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18) at the Iranian Alzheimer's Association in 2021. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 25, employing independent t-tests, analysis of variance, and regression analysis. Results: The results indicated that 75 (50%) caregivers had a moderate level of health anxiety, while 43.3% of them reported being anxious about their health to a poor degree. Additionally, 46.6% and 43.3% of caregivers experienced moderate and intense care burden, respectively. Among the other variables studied such as age, sex, level of education, marital status, and economic status, only health anxiety was found to predict the care burden in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (P < 0.001). (CI95% Health anxiety: 52.80–58.81, CI95% Care burden: 71.89–79.90, R2: 11.9%). Conclusion: Since there is a significant relationship observed between health anxiety and care burden, it is important for health professionals and caregivers of older adults with Alzheimer's disease to prioritize the health of the caregivers. This requires special attention from healthcare providers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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