1 Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany.
2 Trimberg Research Academy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2019 May;34(3):148-152. doi: 10.1177/1533317518822047. Epub 2018 Dec 30.
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.
采用家庭护理者负担量表（简化版）对来自英国（n = 36）、芬兰（n = 42）和希腊（n = 46）的护理者进行调查，以研究其 caregiver 负担与照顾痴呆症患者的 6 个特征之间的关系。在所有 3 个国家中，护理者的身体问题、情绪问题和每周护理时间都会增加护理者的负担。因此，当这些特征处于较高水平时，所有 3 个国家都需要为非正式护理提供特殊支持。当护理者是痴呆症患者的配偶或长期伴侣，与该人同住一所房子，或每周用于护理以外的其他职责的时间少于 20 小时时，这与英国的护理者负担减轻有关，但与希腊的护理者负担增加有关。因此，需要为具有这些特征的希腊护理者提供特殊支持，但对于英国护理者而言，则相反。
