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Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity
INTRODUCTION: Singapore is facing an ageing population and the care needs of the population will increase in tandem. A segment of this population would be living with multimorbidity and frailty. Frailty is defined as an age-related state characterised by reduced strength and physiologic malfunctioni...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35227215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02858-2 |
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author | Ding, Teck Yong Gabriel De Roza, Jacqueline Giovanna Chan, Cheuk Ying Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Ong, Sin Kee Lew, Kaiwei Jeremy Koh, Hui Li Lee, Eng Sing |
author_facet | Ding, Teck Yong Gabriel De Roza, Jacqueline Giovanna Chan, Cheuk Ying Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Ong, Sin Kee Lew, Kaiwei Jeremy Koh, Hui Li Lee, Eng Sing |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Singapore is facing an ageing population and the care needs of the population will increase in tandem. A segment of this population would be living with multimorbidity and frailty. Frailty is defined as an age-related state characterised by reduced strength and physiologic malfunctioning. Multimorbidity refers to the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual. Older adults are more likely to have frailty and multimorbidity, and this would increase the burden of their caregiver. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of caregiver burden for primary family caregivers of frail older adults with multimorbidity. We also investigated the factors that were associated with primary family caregiver burden. METHODS: This was an interviewer-administered, cross-sectional study of primary family caregivers of frail older patients with multimorbidity that was conducted in two National Healthcare Group polyclinics. Convenience sampling was used. The 12-item Zarit Burden Index (ZBI) was used to assess primary family caregiver burden. The scores of the ZBI range from 0 to 48, with a score of 10 or above indicating that the primary family caregiver perceives burden. Descriptive statistics were used to provide information regarding the caregivers and the care recipients. Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate the factors affecting primary family caregiver burden. RESULTS: One hundred eighty-eight family caregivers were interviewed and 71.8% of them perceived burden on the ZBI. 59.6% were caregivers to their parents and 18.1% of them had multimorbidity. Almost two-thirds of the caregivers interviewed were female. After adjusting for other factors via multivariable analysis, the ethnicity of the caregiver and the increase in time spent caregiving per week were the two factors positively associated with family caregiver burden. A Chinese primary family caregiver had almost three times the odds of perceiving burden when compared to a non-Chinese primary family caregiver. CONCLUSION: Caregiver burden was high amongst primary family caregivers of frail older adults with multimorbidity. Being a Chinese primary family caregiver compared to non-Chinese ethnic groups as well as being a primary family caregiver who spent increased time caregiving per week were the two factors positively associated with family caregiver burden. Further exploratory, qualitative studies can be done to find out the reasons to Chinese primary family caregivers being more burdened compared to the non-Chinese primary family caregivers. In addition, the specific factors related to increased time caregiving per week and family caregiver burden can also be studied. |
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spelling | pubmed-88836492022-03-07 Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity Ding, Teck Yong Gabriel De Roza, Jacqueline Giovanna Chan, Cheuk Ying Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Ong, Sin Kee Lew, Kaiwei Jeremy Koh, Hui Li Lee, Eng Sing BMC Geriatr Research INTRODUCTION: Singapore is facing an ageing population and the care needs of the population will increase in tandem. A segment of this population would be living with multimorbidity and frailty. Frailty is defined as an age-related state characterised by reduced strength and physiologic malfunctioning. Multimorbidity refers to the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual. Older adults are more likely to have frailty and multimorbidity, and this would increase the burden of their caregiver. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of caregiver burden for primary family caregivers of frail older adults with multimorbidity. We also investigated the factors that were associated with primary family caregiver burden. METHODS: This was an interviewer-administered, cross-sectional study of primary family caregivers of frail older patients with multimorbidity that was conducted in two National Healthcare Group polyclinics. Convenience sampling was used. The 12-item Zarit Burden Index (ZBI) was used to assess primary family caregiver burden. The scores of the ZBI range from 0 to 48, with a score of 10 or above indicating that the primary family caregiver perceives burden. Descriptive statistics were used to provide information regarding the caregivers and the care recipients. Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate the factors affecting primary family caregiver burden. RESULTS: One hundred eighty-eight family caregivers were interviewed and 71.8% of them perceived burden on the ZBI. 59.6% were caregivers to their parents and 18.1% of them had multimorbidity. Almost two-thirds of the caregivers interviewed were female. After adjusting for other factors via multivariable analysis, the ethnicity of the caregiver and the increase in time spent caregiving per week were the two factors positively associated with family caregiver burden. A Chinese primary family caregiver had almost three times the odds of perceiving burden when compared to a non-Chinese primary family caregiver. CONCLUSION: Caregiver burden was high amongst primary family caregivers of frail older adults with multimorbidity. Being a Chinese primary family caregiver compared to non-Chinese ethnic groups as well as being a primary family caregiver who spent increased time caregiving per week were the two factors positively associated with family caregiver burden. Further exploratory, qualitative studies can be done to find out the reasons to Chinese primary family caregivers being more burdened compared to the non-Chinese primary family caregivers. In addition, the specific factors related to increased time caregiving per week and family caregiver burden can also be studied. BioMed Central 2022-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8883649/ /pubmed/35227215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02858-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Ding, Teck Yong Gabriel De Roza, Jacqueline Giovanna Chan, Cheuk Ying Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Ong, Sin Kee Lew, Kaiwei Jeremy Koh, Hui Li Lee, Eng Sing Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
title | Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
title_full | Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
title_fullStr | Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
title_short | Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
title_sort | factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35227215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02858-2 |
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