Changes in family caregivers' sense of caregiving burden resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Family caregivers’ sense of caregiving burden during the COVID-19 pandemic was investigated using an original self-administered questionnaire, the Japanese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (J-ZBI) and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12). Family caregivers whofelt that the time involved in caregiving increased during the COVID-19 pandemic tended to strongly feel that the care recipients demanded more care than necessary, and that they themselves had less time for social activities and had poorer mental health. Alongside this, the physical state of care recipients was thought to worsen during the COVID-19 pandemic and this was thought to have a significant impact on the increase in caregiving time and thus the sense of caregiving burden. Refraining from going out during a pandemic can lead to a decrease in physical activity and interruption of treatment, and this may have life-threatening consequences for elderly people. This study highlighted the situation of caregivers of family members of people with dementia in an atypical situation such as a pandemic. Information and communications technology has been shown in previous studies to alleviate some of these problems, and we suggest it might be used to facilitate certain social activities and medical care and to relieve some of the burden on caregivers.
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- COGNITION & REHABILITATION
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COGNITION & REHABILITATION 4 (1), 2-8, 2023-12
Osaka Kawasaki Rehabilitation University
