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Caregivers' quality of life in mild and moderate dementia
Raquel Luiza Santos1, Maria Fernanda Barroso de Sousa1, José Pedro Simões-Neto2
1Centro para Doença de Alzheimer e Outros Transtornos Mentais da Velhice, Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Objective:
To investigate quality of life (QoL) of caregivers of mild and moderate dementia and the aspects related to QoL.
Method:
Cross-sectional assessment of dyads of people with dementia (PwD) and family caregivers (n=88).
Results:
Burden (p<0.05) and depressive symptoms (p<0.001) were related to caregivers' QoL in both stages of dementia. In mild dementia, caregivers' depressive symptoms (p<0.001) and PwD neuropsychiatric symptoms (p<0.001) were related to burden. PwD aberrant motor activity (p<0.001) and anxiety (p<0.001), and caregiver-reported QoL domains of friends (p<0.001) and mood (p<0.05) were related to depressive symptoms. In moderate dementia, self-reported QoL (p<0.01) and anxiety (p<0.01), and PwD anxiety (p<0.01) were related to burden. Caregivers' anxiety (p<0.001) and self-reported QoL (p<0.001) were related to depressive symptoms.
Conclusion:
Burden and depressive symptoms were related to QoL of caregivers of mild and moderate dementia. However, they are driven by different factors according to dementia severity.
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