Zarit Burden Interview: pragmatic study in a dedicated cognitive function clinic
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Increased caregiver burden impacts adversely not only on caregivers, in terms of physical and psychological morbidity, but also on people with dementia, since it is associated with an increased likelihood of patient institutionalisation. Here, the authors examine effectiveness and ease of administration of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) tool in day-to-day clinical practice for identifying caregiver burden.
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The caregiver gender did not rank in the top 5 strongest predictors of caregiver burden.
“However, the caregiver gender didn't even rank in the top 5 strongest predictors out of these 7 factors [18].”
From The Difference in Burden Experienced by Male and Female Caregivers of Dementia Patients in Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Study (2022) · cites this paper as [18]
The Results (page unavailable) report that 69% of caregiver informants were female, but do not rank caregiver gender among predictors of burden. The reported analyses concern ZBI scores, patient age, cognitive scores, and diagnostic groups; a search for gender and a top-five ranking among seven predictors found no supporting passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- Authors
- Stagg, B., & Larner, A. J.
- ORCID
- Larner, Andrew J
- Venue
- Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 23-27
- ISSN
- 1367-7543 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1925073718
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Keywords
- Zarit Burden Interview, caregiver burden, dementia, caregiver assessment, institutionalization, questionnaire administration
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