Future research should focus in other patient’s variables and cultural environment.Įxplore if the progression of MS patients’ SA/DP trajectories are associated with socio-demographics. According to the results, neurologists should implement supporting measures for caregivers, addressing the time they spend with their patients. If this is so, there’s a chance that two more variables (Age of caregiver and Months spent as caregiver) could have reached significance providing the sample was enlarged. Considering the higher prevalence of caregiver burden found, it is possible that the study sample was underestimated. Predicting factors were similar to those found in previous reports. In fact, even moderate or severe burden were higher than the overall burden described in other studies. A likelihood ratio test was performed comparing the complete model with a reduced one including only the predicting factors, obtaining a significant p = 0.0014 for 6 degrees of freedom.Ĭonclusions: Caregiver’s burden prevalence was much higher than reported previously. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to determine the goodness of fit of the normal distribution of the interval variables. Daily hours of caregiving also predicted each subdimension of the ZBI independently. The median patient disability according to the EDSS was 5.5. The “Impact of caregiving” subdimension accounted for most weight of the construct. Results: Some degree of caregiver burden was found in 60.6%, being moderate or severe in 31.1%. Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) was administered to caregivers and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) was calculated in each patient.
Methods: 99 Caregiver-patient pairs were recruited during scheduled office visits. Objectives: To describe the prevalence and predicting factors of caregiver burden in multiple sclerosis within a Mexican population. To date there are no studies addressing the issue in Mexican caregivers of multiple sclerosis patients. Factors influencing burden include scholarship of the caregiver, relationship with the patient, motor and cognitive decline of the disease. Latin caregivers experience caregiving as less challenging than Caucasians. Caregiver’s burden in multiple sclerosis is higher in Mexican populationġCMN 20 de Noviembre, Neurology, Mexico, Mexicoīackground: According to previous studies, 25% of caregivers of chronically ill patients have been reported to suffer some degree of burden.
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