What causes grief in dementia caregivers?
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2014-06-26Citation
Warchol-Biedermann K, Mojs E, Gregersen R, Maibom K, Millán-Calenti JC, Maseda A. What causes grief in dementia caregivers?. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2014;59:462-467
Abstract
[Abstract] Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the world. Most AD patients
become dependent on their relatives, i.e. family caregivers. Providing care to a person with AD influences
caregiver’s life and leads to feelings of grief, which often precede caregiver depression. The purpose of the
article was to evaluate the Meuser and Marwit Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI-50) for use in Polish
family caregivers and to find out determinants of grief of family caregivers of AD individuals living in
Poland. A sample of 151 spouse and adult child caregivers of community-dwelling AD patients (95
females and 56 males) was interviewed to determine the influence of such factors as caregiver’s age,
gender, family relation to the care recipient (CR) and caregiving-related changes in caregiver’s working
time, leisure time and material status to find out the impact of caregiving role on intensity of caregiver
grief. Caregiver grief was measured by means of MM-CGI-50. Additionally, carers were administered a
questionnaire including patient’s and caregiver’s demographics. Also, CR’s dementia assessment was
informant-based and determined with investigator-administered clinical dementia rating (CDR) scale.
Of all analyzed factors, only caregiver’s informant dementia rating significantly influenced caregiver
grief. To conclude, the effect of caregiver’s age, gender, family relation to the CR and caregiving-related
changes in caregiver’s working time; leisure time and material status could not be found. To add, MM-
CGI-50 can be effectively used to assess grief in Polish family caregivers of AD patients.
Keywords
Caregiving-informal
Dementia
Evaluation
Dementia
Evaluation