FACTORS PREDICTING THE BURDEN IN FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF DEMENTIA PATIENTS
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This descriptive correlation aimed to study the factors to predict the burden in family caregivers of dementia patients. The sample were family caregivers of dementia patients who receive service at Suansaranrom hospital and Songkhla Rajanagarindra Psychiatric hospital. A Simple sampling of 365 subjects was used. They spent six hours plus per day in providing care for a minimum of six months for patients diagnosed with dementia (F00-F04), using the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems 10th revision (ICD-10) criteria. The instrument were questionnaires of caregivers’ burden of dementia patients, positive aspects of caregiving, and the depression screening. The reliability by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient were .926, .845, and .894 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The results revealed that:
The factors that predicted the sense of burden of family caregivers of dementia patients or the variables that entered the equation were the positive aspect of caregiving, depression, age of caregiver and number of hours of care per day which could explain the variance of caregivers’ burden of dementia patients 47.10% ( = .471, p <.001) with statistical significance at .001 level.
Sense of burden in caregivers of dementia patients have a high level when the caregivers have depression, older, and more hours to care for. If t dementia caregivers have a positive aspect of caregiving, that reduce sense of burden.
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