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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Caregiver burden and its associated factors

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23800046
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Applied health science
Research InstitutionKumamoto University

Principal Investigator

MATSUSHITA Masateru  熊本大学, 医学部附属病院, 臨床心理士 (30615935)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2012
Keywords認知症 / 介護負担 / Sense of Coherence
Research Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the factors whichare related to caregiver’s burden. We, further, examined an association betweencaregiver’s burden and sense of coherence in caregivers to persons with dementia. Resultsshowed the significant associations between age, cognitive function, sense of coherence(SOC) and caregiver’s burden. Caregiver with a strong SOC may be less prone to have burden.These results suggest that application of the concept of SOC might aid in reducing theburden of dementia care.

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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