Correlation between Caregiver's Personality traits and Burden in Caregiver of Dementia.
- Author:
Je Wook KANG
1
;
Jung Ho LEE
;
Dong Woo LEE
;
Min Ji KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Mindle Hospital of Sol foundation, Gyeonggi, Korea. forevery99@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Caregiver;
Caregiver burden;
Depressive symptom;
Neuroticism
- MeSH:
Caregivers*;
Dementia*;
Depression;
Humans;
Weights and Measures
- From:Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2007;11(4):221-228
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between burden of caregivers in patient with dementia and personality trait of caregivers. METHODS: We interviewed 47 patients with dementia and their caregivers. We assessed patient factors with MMSE, Neuropsyhiatric Iventory(NPI), Activities of Daily Living(ADL) and Seoul-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living(S-IADL) scales. Caregiver factors were assessed by Beck Depression Inventory, Eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ). We used Burden Interview(BI) to measure caregivers' burden. RESULTS: Among patient factors, NPI scores showed positive correlation with Burden Index(BI)(p<0.05). Among the caregiver factors, neuroticism showed positive correlation of marginal significance with Burden Index(BI)(p<0.06). Caregivers' neuroticsm, depressive symptoms and patients' NPI could explain 19% of caregivers' burden. NPI signi- ficantly affected caregivers' burden(beta=0.334, p<0.05) CONCLUSION: In desigining of the psychosocial service for caregivers of dementia, the psersonaly factors of the caregivers should be taken into account.
