@article{Konerding2018-ie,
title = {Do Caregiver Characteristics Affect Caregiver Burden Differently
in Different Countries?},
author = {Uwe Konerding and Tom Bowen and Paul Forte and Eleftheria Karampli and Tomi Malmström and Elpida Pavi and Paulus Torkki and Elmar Graessel},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-12-01},
journal = {Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen},
volume = {34},
number = {3},
pages = {148--152},
address = {United States},
abstract = {The relationships between caregiver burden as measured with the
Burden Scale for Family Caregivers-short form and 6
characteristics of caregivers caring for patients with dementia were investigated for caregivers from England (n = 36), Finland (n = 42), and Greece (n = 46) using survey data. In all 3
countries, caregiver burden increases with physical problems of
the caregiver, emotional problems of the caregiver, and weekly
hours of care. Hence, in all 3 countries, special support for
informal care is required when these characteristics are at high
levels. When the caregiver is a spouse or long-term partner of
the person with dementia, lives in the same house as this person,
or spends fewer than 20 h/wk for other duties than care, this is
associated with less caregiver burden in England but with more
caregiver burden in Greece. Accordingly, special support is
required for Greek caregivers with these characteristics, but the
opposite is true for English caregivers.},
keywords = {caregiver burden; cross-cultural; cross-national; dementia; informal care; informal caregivers},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The relationships between caregiver burden as measured with the
Burden Scale for Family Caregivers-short form and 6
characteristics of caregivers caring for patients with dementia were investigated for caregivers from England (n = 36), Finland (n = 42), and Greece (n = 46) using survey data. In all 3
countries, caregiver burden increases with physical problems of
the caregiver, emotional problems of the caregiver, and weekly
hours of care. Hence, in all 3 countries, special support for
informal care is required when these characteristics are at high
levels. When the caregiver is a spouse or long-term partner of
the person with dementia, lives in the same house as this person,
or spends fewer than 20 h/wk for other duties than care, this is
associated with less caregiver burden in England but with more
caregiver burden in Greece. Accordingly, special support is
required for Greek caregivers with these characteristics, but the
opposite is true for English caregivers.