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Depression in Main Caregivers of Dementia Patients: Prevalence and Predictors

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Omranifard, Victoria, Haghighizadeh, Ebrahim, Akouchekian, Shahla·2018·Advanced Biomedical Research
DOI 10.4103/2277-9175.225924PMC PMC5841004
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BACKGROUND: The most common neurodegenerative disease is dementia. Family of dementia patients says that their lives have been changed extensively after happening of dementia to their patients. One of the problems of family and caregivers is depression of the caregiver. In this study, we aimed to find the prevalence of depression and factors can affect depression in the dementia caregivers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was cross-sectional study with convenient sampling method. Our society was 96 main caregivers of dementia patients in the year 2015 in Iran. We had two questionnaires, a demographic and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). BDI Cronbach's alpha is 0.86 for psychiatric patients and 0.81 for nonpsychiatric persons, and Beck's scores are between 0 and 64. We used SPSS version 22 for statistical analysis. RESULTS: = 67 out of 96) of all caregivers had scores in the range of depression. In bivariate analysis, we found higher dementia severity and lower support of other family members from the caregiver can predict higher depression in the caregiver. As well, in regression analysis using GLM model, we found higher age and lower educational level of the caregiver can predict higher depression in the caregiver. Moreover, regression analysis approved findings about severity and support of other family members in bivariate analysis. CONCLUSION: High-level depression is found in caregivers of dementia patients. It needs special attention from healthcare managers, clinicians and all of health-care personnel who deals with dementia patients and their caregivers.

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  • The prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms in dementia caregivers ranges from 29.9% to 74% and 7% to 44%, respectively, which is much higher than in the general population.

    “The prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms in dementia caregivers ranges from 29.9% to 74% and 7% to 44%, respectively, which is much higher than in the general population [19,20,21,22,23,24,25].”

    From Relationship of Psychological Flexibility and Mindfulness to Caregiver Burden, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Caregivers of People with Dementia (2023) · cites this paper as [23]

    The Results report depressive-range scores in 69.8% of caregivers, and the Discussion says depression prevalence is considerably higher than in the general population. The paper does not give the claimed 29.9%–74% depression range or a 7%–44% anxiety range; its study measured depression, not anxiety. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Up to 75% of care partners experience depression or anxiety, and 44% experience distress related to caregiving.

    “although up to 75% of care partners experience depression or anxiety, and 44% experience distress related to caregiving (Omranifard et al., 2018).”

    From Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tele-Counselling Program With Care Partners of Persons Living With Dementia: A Pilot Feasibility RCT. (2026) · cites this paper as Omranifard et al., 2018

    The Results (page not provided) report that 69.8% of 96 dementia caregivers scored in the range of depression, supporting a high prevalence of depression but not the specific 75% figure or a combined depression-or-anxiety measure. The paper does not report that 44% experienced caregiving-related distress. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Caregiving is associated with burden, stress, suicidal thoughts, and complicated grief.

    “While caregiving can be deeply rewarding, it is also associated with burden, stress, suicidal thoughts, and complicated grief (Omranifard et al., 2018).”

    From Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tele-Counselling Program With Care Partners of Persons Living With Dementia: A Pilot Feasibility RCT. (2026) · cites this paper as Omranifard et al., 2018

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes caregiving demands as a stressor and identifies caregiver burden as a factor associated with depression. The paper does not address suicidal thoughts or complicated grief; searches for those terms and related terms found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Omranifard, V., Haghighizadeh, E., & Akouchekian, S.
Affiliations
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Corresponding author
Haghighizadeh, Ebrahim
ORCID
Omranifard, Victoria
Venue
Advanced Biomedical Research
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2018-01
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
34-34
ISSN
2277-9175 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.4103/2277-9175.225924
PMC
PMC5841004
OpenAlex
W2894998935
Cited by
34
References
17
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
FWCI
3.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • Advanced Biomedical Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
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
caregiver depression, dementia, family caregivers, prevalence, dementia severity, family support, caregiver age, predictors of depression

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