tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: " Prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in with Alzheimer caregivers"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in with Alzheimer caregivers | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Prevalence of stress anxiety and depression in with Alzheimer caregivers Maria Ferrara 1 Elisa Langiano1 Tommasina Di Brango1 Elisabetta De Vito1 Luigi Di Cioccio2 and Claudia Bauco2 Address Department of Motor Science and Health University of Cassino Italy and 2UVA Unità Valutativa Alzheimer Dottore Angelico di Aquino Italy Email Maria Ferrara - Elisa Langiano - langiano@ Tommasina Di Brango - Elisabetta De Vito - devito@ Luigi Di Cioccio - geriatriacassino@ Claudia Bauco - Corresponding author Open Access Published 6 November 2008 Received 3 I March 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 93 doi 1477-7525-6-93 Accepted 6 November 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 93 2008 Ferrara et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Alzheimer s disease presents a social and public health problem affecting millions of Italians. Those affected receive home care from caregivers subjected to risk of stress. The present investigation focuses on stress anxiety and depression in caregivers. Methods Data on 200 caregivers and their patients were collected using a specific form to assess cognitive behavioural functional patient MMSE and ADL-IAD and caregiver stress CBI . The relationship between stress depression and disease has been assessed by means of a linear regression logistic analysis which reveals the relationship between anxiety stress and depression and cognitive problems age the patient s income. Results The caregivers are usually female 64 mean age of years daughters pensioners and .