Effects of Gender on Burden Among Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients

Akpınar, Burcu; Küçükgüçlü, Özlem; Yener, Görsev

doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01402.x

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“…Consistent with previous evidence of a higher level of burden among women, female caregivers in our study experienced greater physical burdens than their male counterparts (Akpınar, K€ uc ß€ ukg€ uc ßl€ u, & Yener, 2011;Del-Pino-Casado et al, 2014;McDonnell & Ryan, 2013). In Turkey and worldwide, caregiving burden falls primarily on women.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…In Turkey and worldwide, caregiving burden falls primarily on women. Previous studies have indicated that women become more connected to the patients they care for and take fewer breaks compared with male caregivers (Akpınar et al, 2011;. In addition, caregiving for the disabled elderly requires greater physical conditioning, making it unsurprising that women experienced more physical burden than men.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Multicenter Pilot Study of Burden Among Caregivers of Geriatric Rehabilitation Patients With Neuromusculoskeletal Diseases

Borman

Gökçe-Kutsal

Terzioğlu

et al. 2017

Rehabilitation Nursing

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multicenter Pilot Study of Burden Among Caregivers of Geriatric Rehabilitation Patients With Neuromusculoskeletal Diseases

Borman

Gökçe-Kutsal

Terzioğlu

et al. 2017

Rehabilitation Nursing

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“…Women provide care for a longer period of time than men (Shriver & Alzheimer's Association, 2010) and spend more hours per day undertaking caregiving tasks (Kim et al, 2011). There appears to be a consensus that female caregivers experience higher levels of burden, stress and depressive symptoms than male caregivers, with similar outcomes being reported across different countries and settings (Iavarone et al, 2014;Papastavrou et al, 2009;Davies et al, 2012;Akpınar et al, 2011;Prince et al, 2012;Takano & Arai, 2005;Stewart et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2006;Pöysti et al, 2012;Välimäki et al, 2009), although there are some conflicting reports on this (Croog et al 2006). This is independent of their relationship to the care recipient and their characteristics, and care structures in place (Prince et al, 2012;Peel & Harding, 2014).…”

Section: Impact Of Caregivingmentioning

confidence: 97%

The impact of dementia on women internationally: An integrative review

Erol

Brooker

Peel

2016

Health Care for Women International

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Women are disproportionately affected by dementia, both in terms of developing dementia and becoming caregivers. We conducted an integrative review of English language literature of the issues affecting women in relation to dementia from an international perspective. The majority of relevant studies were conducted in high income countries, and none were from low-income countries. The effects of caregiving on health, wellbeing and finances are greater for women; issues facing women, particularly in low and middle-income countries need to be better understood.Research should focus on building resilience to help people adjust and cope long term.Dementia is a global public health issue that disproportionately affects women, either through developing the condition themselves, or as a carer for someone with dementia. The effects on women of living with or caring for someone with dementia from an international perspective needs to be more fully understood. In our review of the published literature, we explore the impact of dementia on changing roles, identity, wellbeing and finances for women in both high-income and low-and middle income countries. An improved understanding of these factors can support research, and policy developments, that address the issues specifically relevant to women.As age is the greatest risk factor for dementia, and women have a greater life expectancy worldwide than men, a larger number of people with dementia are women (Alzheimer's Association, 2014).There are also clinical differences between genders in disease risk and severity, especially in relation to dementia and cognition (Carter et al., 2012). There is a significant association between age, gender, and dementia in many areas of the world, with women showing a higher prevalence rate for dementia than men (Bamford, 2011;Takeda et al., 2011; Alzheimer's Disease International, 2015) expectation that women will assume caregiving roles (Godfrey & Warshaw, 2009;Lantz, 2009;Gibbons et al., 2014). In many studies of dementia caregivers, all or most participants are women, reflecting the disproportionate extent to which women are relied upon as carers, although few reports focus on gender specifically (Robinson et al., 2014). Therefore the assumption that women provide informal care to people with dementia is embedded (often implicitly) in much of the existing research.The financial impact of providing dementia care on family caregivers is substantial; caregivers in the United States reported that they were reluctant to take time off work to provide care, or took on additional work to cover caregiving costs, which had increased because of the recent economic downturn (Evercare, 2009). Women may also have the responsibility of caring for young children alongside caring for a parent with dementia -referred to as the 'sandwich generation' (Solberg et 3 al., 2014). Despite this (often dual) caring responsibility, families often prefer , for a variety of cultural, obligational and practical reasons to continue to provide care at ho...

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“…Studies used literature-based and investigator-developed questionnaires. 27,[32][33][34]37 Primary study outcomes included caregiver burden-burnout, [25][26][27]34,37 health-related quality of life, 28 depression, 25,27,28,31,35 anxiety, 28,35 anger, 35 psychiatric symptoms, 27,36 and coping and problem-solving style. 25,35 Caregiver Characteristics and Activities Table 3 lists caregiver sociodemographic characteristics and activities.…”

Section: Synthesis Of Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Table 2 lists the study characteristics of the 13 eligible articles published between January 2000 and April 2014. Five studies were written in English, [25][26][27][28][29] and 8 were in Turkish. [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Ten studies used a cross-sectional descriptive design, 25-28,31-37 2 were qualitative, 29,30 1 used focus groups, 30 and 1 used one-on-one structured interviews.…”

Section: Synthesis Of Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%