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Factors Influencing Burden in Spouse-Caregivers of Patients with Chronic-Acquired Brain Injury
Joint Authors
Lucca, Lucia Francesca
Laratta, Stefania
Tonin, Paolo
Cerasa, Antonio
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-07-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In this cross-sectional study, we assess associated factors of burden in spouse-caregivers of patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) in the chronic phase.
35 spouse-caregivers (71% female, mean age±SD: 55.7±11.1y) of patients with mild/moderate ABI (29% female, mean age±SD: 57.5±10.7y), admitted to the intensive rehabilitation unit of the Institute S.
Anna (Crotone, Italy) between January 2013 and December 2017, were contacted 2 years postinjury and asked to complete a series of questionnaires.
The outcome measure was the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) test, while several demographical and clinical data were considered as predictive factors.
Two years after injury, a high level of burden was reported in 34.2% of spouse-caregivers.
Stepwise multiple linear regression analyses revealed that caring for a patient with more severe disability (as measured by the Barthel Index scale) and the family life cycle (from the initial phase of engagement to marriage with adult children) explain the vast majority of variance for higher caregiver burden.
The functional clinical status and the stages through which a family may pass over time were identified as areas in which the spouse-caregiver of ABI patients experienced high levels of burden in the chronic phase.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Laratta, Stefania& Lucca, Lucia Francesca& Tonin, Paolo& Cerasa, Antonio. 2020. Factors Influencing Burden in Spouse-Caregivers of Patients with Chronic-Acquired Brain Injury. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135658
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Laratta, Stefania…[et al.]. Factors Influencing Burden in Spouse-Caregivers of Patients with Chronic-Acquired Brain Injury. BioMed Research International No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135658
American Medical Association (AMA)
Laratta, Stefania& Lucca, Lucia Francesca& Tonin, Paolo& Cerasa, Antonio. Factors Influencing Burden in Spouse-Caregivers of Patients with Chronic-Acquired Brain Injury. BioMed Research International. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135658
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1135658