Relationship of Dementia’s Caregiver Distress to the Mental State Examination and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia Patients Somdejphrajaotaksinmaharaj Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study
Keywords:
caregiver, distress, neuropsychiatric inventory for dementia (NPI)Abstract
Background and Objective: Caring for a dementia patient can become dementia caregiver distress including the caregiver’s mental health, family’s economics, and socialization of caregivers. The objective is to find a relationship between a dementia’s caregiver distress to the Thai mental state examination (TMSE) and the Neuropsychiatric inventory scale (NPI) of dementia patients
Methods: A cross-sectional analytic study in 73 dyads relationship of dementia caregivers and dementia patients in outpatient Somdejprajoataksinmaharaj Hospital. Collected data by surveying 1.A dementia caregiver about gender, age, patient relation, patient’s care duration, NPI, and Neuropsychiatric Inventory Distress scale (NPID) 2.A dementia patient about gender, age, type of dementia, the onset of dementia, and TMSE were analyzed in relation with multiple logistic regression.
Results: The TMSE of dementia patients is less than or equal to 16 points has an odd ratio of 5.04 (95% CI 1.4-17.5) and the NPI of dementia patients is more than 11 points has an odd ratio of 9.44 (95% CI 1.86-47.82) both were related to dementia’s caregiver distress.
Conclusions: Lower TMSE and higher NPI of dementia patients relate to dementia’s caregiver distress.
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