A cross-sectional study of family caregiver burden and psychological distress linked to frailty and functional dependency of a relative with advanced dementia

Dementia (London). 2020 Feb;19(2):301-318. doi: 10.1177/1471301218773842. Epub 2018 May 2.

Authors

Wilson Abreu¹, Debbie Tolson, Graham A Jackson², Nilza Costa³

Affiliations

¹ Porto School of Nursing/CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Services), Portugal.
² University of the West of Scotland, UK.
³ University of Aveiro - Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal.

PMID: 29717622
DOI: 10.1177/1471301218773842

No abstract available

Keywords: advanced dementia; caregiver; caregiver burden; distress; frailty.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Caregivers / psychology*
Cost of Illness*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dementia / complications
Dementia / nursing
Dementia / psychology*
Dependency, Psychological*
Female
Frailty / complications
Frailty / psychology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychological Distress*
Young Adult