Cross Sectional Study of Burden in Caregivers of Patients with Dementia

Abstract

Background: dementia is a progressive illness consisting of cognitive decline in multiple domains. It affects the quality of life of the patient as well as of the caregiver. Mental health of the caregivers is important as it will improve the quality of care given to the patients with dementia. This study was done to assess the various factors affecting the distress in caregivers of dementia. Sociodemographic profile of the caregivers was assessed by semi structured proforma and burden was assessed using the Zarit burden scale. Associations was found by Chi square tests and Anova. Significant associations was found between gender of
the caregiver and burden.