نتایج جستجو برای: caregivers
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BACKGROUND It is commonplace for lay caregivers to overlook their own health concerns when supporting someone with advanced cancer. During this time, caregivers' needs as patients are often marginalised by health professionals, including General Practitioners (GPs), who may miss the breadth of caregivers' needs by focusing on the practicalities of caregiving. GPs traditionally rely on patients ...
BACKGROUND This study assessed how family caregivers for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia in Japan differed from non-caregivers in characteristics and health outcomes (i.e., comorbidities, health-related quality of life [HRQoL], productivity, and resource use). Caregivers were hypothesized to experience significantly poorer outcomes than non-caregivers. METHODS Data were com...
Background and purpose: Informal caregiver are untrained people who are not paid for providing care services, while in the care system they are considered as the main option. This study was conducted to determine the status of caregiving of informal caregivers and some related factors. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 360 people older than 65 years of age who...
Objectives The aim of the study was to determine the effect of mindfulness program on the caregivers’ strain on elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease who were referred to the Iran Alzheimer’s Association 2012. Methods & Materials This study was a quasi-experimental study with two groups and before and after design. The participants (n=60) were selected by convenienc...
Undesired radiation exposure to caregivers is an important problem in radioiodine therapy in thyroid carcinoma patients, especially when patient is non-ambulatory. Special precautions are needed to keep the exposure to caregivers low when higher dose of radioiodine is necessary. Here we present a case-report of a 74-year old male patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma with local invasion and...
Objective Family member caregivers of patients with spinal cord injuries experience varying degrees of burden because of the long process in the care of their patients. These conditions have different negative consequences for the family caregivers. One of the most important protective factors against the suffering of the caregivers is their knowledge about care giving process. T...
The aim of this study was to explore the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of preschool caregivers in Hong Kong with a view to informing policy-makers about health promotion within this population. The following research questions were addressed: (i) What was the HRQOL of young children's caregivers in Hong Kong? (ii) Were there differences between these caregivers' health and the general ...
The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of caregivers providing continuing home care for the impaired elderly focusing mainly on care managers' support given to caregivers. Two interviews over a course of 12 months were conducted with 42 caregivers. The questionnaire items for the caregivers included demographic variables, HRQOL, the s...
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES to describe the types of pain patients in palliative care at home experience and how family caregivers assess them and intervene. RESEARCH APPROACH qualitative using grounded theory. SETTING family caregivers' homes. PARTICIPANTS 24 family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care at home. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH semistructured interviews and...
INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to compare the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI) and the Expressed Emotion Scale (EES) in determining the level of expressed emotion in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. METHOD The study sample included caregivers of 22 schizophrenic patients followed in two psychiatric clinics. The level of expressed emotion in the caregivers was assessed by the...
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