TY - JOUR
T1 - What about the caregiver? A journey into Parkinson’s disease following the burden tracks
AU - Lo Monaco, Maria Rita
AU - Di Stasio, Enrico
AU - Ricciardi, Diego
AU - Solito, Marcella
AU - Petracca, Martina
AU - Fusco, Domenico
AU - Onder, Graziano
AU - Landi, Giovanni
AU - Zuccala', Giuseppe
AU - Liperoti, Rosa
AU - Cipriani, Maria Camilla
AU - Brisi, Caterina
AU - Bernabei, Roberto
AU - Silveri, Maria Caterina
AU - Bentivoglio, Anna Rita
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Objectives: To investigate caregivers and patients characteristics related to different dimensions of burden in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: 55 pairs of PD patients and caregivers were recruited. The burden was evaluated with the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI). Multivariate analysis was applied to evaluate the impact of caregivers’ and patients’ characteristics on the varying aspects of burden. Results: ADL score was the dominant predictor for the total score and all dimensions of CBI, except for the social burden, which is strongly predicted by the motor severity of PD. As one can easily imagine, the Total CBI decreases as the ADL score increases. Discussion: An increased appreciation for characteristics of caregiver burden is a fundamental aspect of the patient’s global evaluation. Clinicians may need to directly probe for these factors in the caregiver as they may not be elicited routinely.
AB - Objectives: To investigate caregivers and patients characteristics related to different dimensions of burden in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: 55 pairs of PD patients and caregivers were recruited. The burden was evaluated with the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI). Multivariate analysis was applied to evaluate the impact of caregivers’ and patients’ characteristics on the varying aspects of burden. Results: ADL score was the dominant predictor for the total score and all dimensions of CBI, except for the social burden, which is strongly predicted by the motor severity of PD. As one can easily imagine, the Total CBI decreases as the ADL score increases. Discussion: An increased appreciation for characteristics of caregiver burden is a fundamental aspect of the patient’s global evaluation. Clinicians may need to directly probe for these factors in the caregiver as they may not be elicited routinely.
KW - Activities of daily living (ADLs)
KW - Caregiver burden
KW - Parkinson’s disease
KW - Person-centered care
KW - Personalized medicine
KW - Activities of daily living (ADLs)
KW - Caregiver burden
KW - Parkinson’s disease
KW - Person-centered care
KW - Personalized medicine
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/161604
U2 - 10.1007/s40520-020-01600-5
DO - 10.1007/s40520-020-01600-5
M3 - Article
SN - 1594-0667
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Aging clinical and experimental research
JF - Aging clinical and experimental research
ER -