Jakobsen Marie, Poulsen Peter Bo, Reiche Troels, Nissen Nis Peter, Gundgaard Jens
COWI A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2011 Jan;1(1):418-28. doi: 10.1159/000333812. Epub 2011 Nov 18.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Around 70,000-80,000 Danes suffer from dementia. As average life expectancy increases, the number of people suffering from dementia is expected to increase in the future with informal care provided by family and friends becoming more important. The aim of this study was to estimate the time spent by family and friends on informal care of persons suffering from dementia in a Danish setting and calculate the economic implications.
Information on informal care time was collected in a postal survey of members of the Danish Alzheimer's Association. Data from 469 informal caregivers were obtained corresponding to an adjusted response rate of 62%.
On a typical day, informal care time was 4.97-6.91 h for primary caregivers and 0.70-1.06 h for other caregivers. Using the proxy good method to value informal care, daily costs ranged between EUR 160 and 223 for primary caregivers and between EUR 23 and 34 for others.
Informal care delivered by family and friends is significant. The value of informal care constitutes an important part of the societal cost of dementia in Denmark.
背景/目的：约7万至8万丹麦人患有痴呆症。随着平均预期寿命的增加，预计未来患痴呆症的人数将会上升，家人和朋友提供的非正式照护将变得更加重要。本研究的目的是估计丹麦环境下家人和朋友在为痴呆症患者提供非正式照护上所花费的时间，并计算其经济影响。
通过对丹麦阿尔茨海默病协会成员进行邮政调查收集有关非正式照护时间的信息。获得了469名非正式照护者的数据，相应的调整后回复率为62%。
在一个典型的日子里，主要照护者的非正式照护时间为4.97 - 6.91小时，其他照护者为0.70 - 1.06小时。使用替代商品法对非正式照护进行估值，主要照护者的每日成本在160欧元至223欧元之间，其他照护者在23欧元至34欧元之间。
家人和朋友提供的非正式照护意义重大。非正式照护的价值构成了丹麦痴呆症社会成本的重要组成部分。
