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Predictors of caregiver burden in caregivers of older people with physical disabilities in a rural community

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  • Denis Tuttle
  • Jiranan Griffiths
  • Anuchart Kaunnil

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Caring for an aging society is a problem facing many countries including Thailand. This cross-sectional study investigated caregiver burden and related predictive factors among 69 caregivers who had older family members with physical disabilities. Burden Scale, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref Thai (QOL), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ), Barthel Activity of Daily Living Index (ADL), and Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL) assessments were used in addition to demographic data. Thirteen caregivers (18.8%) reported no caregiver burden, 30 (43.5%) reported low-moderate burden, 21 (30.4%) reported moderate-high burden and 5 (7.2%) reported high burden. Using Fisher’s Exact Test the factors found to be significantly associated to caregiver burden were: categorical age of the caregiver (p = .000), education level of the caregiver (p = .002), relationship to the care recipient (p = .009), categorical income level of the caregiver (p = .041), QOL of the caregiver (p = .001) and ADL status of the care recipient (p = .003). Forward stepwise linear regression model revealed three factors which were PHQ score (β = .543, p

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  • Denis Tuttle & Jiranan Griffiths & Anuchart Kaunnil, 2022. "Predictors of caregiver burden in caregivers of older people with physical disabilities in a rural community," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(11), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0277177
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277177
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