The Effect of Psychological Resilience and Self-Efficacy on Caregiver Burden: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease.
Dilek Kocabaş, Yeliz Karaçar, Nur Ebru Barçin
PMID 40755264WHAT IT FOUND
Caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease reported moderate-to-severe burden.
Lower resilience, confidence in getting respite, and confidence in controlling upsetting thoughts were linked with higher burden. This does not prove that training reduces burden.
Key findings
01The mean caregiver burden score was 43.57, in the paper's moderate-to-severe range.
02Lower resilience, lower confidence in getting respite, and lower confidence in controlling upsetting thoughts were associated with higher burden.
03Lower patient cognitive test scores, lower caregiver income, lack of social support, longer disease duration, older patient age, and longer caregiving were associated with higher burden.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that resilience or confidence caused lower burden. It was a single-centre study with 105 caregivers selected purposively, so the results may not apply to all caregivers. Data were self-reported questionnaires, which can be influenced by mood or social expectations. It included only community-dwelling family caregivers, not institutional or formal caregivers. The authors list gender as a limitation, despite many caregivers being female. Data were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have affected burden, resilience, and confidence.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. No funding was reported.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that resilience or confidence training will reduce caregiver burden. This was a cross-sectional survey of 105 caregivers that measured links, not a tested intervention.