Factors relating to carer burden for families of persons with muscular dystrophy

To assess the burden on family carers of persons with muscular dystrophy living in their homes and to determine factors contributing to carer burden. The study included 56 dyads of people with muscular dystrophy and their family carers. The variables for carer burden were compared by logistic regres...

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Published in:Journal of rehabilitation medicine 2006-09, Vol.38 (5), p.309-315
Main Authors: Boyer, François, Drame, Moustapha, Morrone, Isabella, Novella, Jean-Luc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Burden
Caregivers - psychology
Carers
Cost of Illness
Decision Making
Disabled people
Disabled Persons - psychology
Family - psychology
Follow-Up Studies
Home Nursing
Humans
Middle Aged
Muscular Dystrophies - diagnosis
Muscular Dystrophies - nursing
Muscular Dystrophies - psychology
Muscular dystrophy
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To assess the burden on family carers of persons with muscular dystrophy living in their homes and to determine factors contributing to carer burden. The study included 56 dyads of people with muscular dystrophy and their family carers. The variables for carer burden were compared by logistic regression in 2 carer groups (burden + /burden-). The mean age of the patients with muscular dystrophy was 32.7 years (median 26.7, range 15-65 years) and that of the carers 51 years (median 48, range 30-80 years). The carers reported the care burden using the Zarit Burden Inventory (median score 23, range 0-57/88). Multivariate analysis produced 3 adjusted explicative factors: carer characteristics related to risk of perceived burden are self-report of poor social functioning on the SF-36 (OR = 26.6 (2.6-278); p=0.006), self report of anxiety on the Hospital Anxiety Scale (OR = 7.1 (1.4-36); p=0.02) and being a carer under 48 years of age (OR = 7.8 (1.7-34.5); p=0.007). However, it was difficult to dissociate the different health variables of the carers from each other. This approach should lead to better decision-making by medical teams, patients and their carers.
ISSN:1650-1977
DOI:10.1080/16501970600731578