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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2017

Dementia Caregiver Burden: a Research Update and Critical Analysis.

Sheung-Tak Cheng

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readReview
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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 252 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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252citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
26.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04236557 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Individualized Music Playlist Based on ISO-Principle for De-escalating Agitation of People Living With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled24ConditionsDementiaArmsMusic listening, Audio Book Listening
NCT04920006 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Developing and Testing the Enhancing Active Caregiver Training (EnACT) Intervention for Dementia Family Caregivers

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2023 to 2024Enrolled30ConditionsDementia, FamilialArmsEnhancing Active Caregiver Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

252 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 567 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Informal caregiving for people with dementia and hearing or vision impairment: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  15. Brexpiprazole treatment for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia: A randomized study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  19. Effects ofNutrients · 2022
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192 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Sheung-Tak ChengDepartment of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong. takcheng@eduhk.hk.
University of East Anglia · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis article provides an updated review of the determinants of caregiver burden and depression, with a focus on care demands and especially the differential effects of various neuropsychiatric symptoms or symptom clusters. Moreover, studies on caregivers for frontotemporal and Lewy body dementias were referred to in order to identify differences and similarities with the mainstream literature based largely on Alzheimer caregivers. RECENT

findingsAs a group, neuropsychiatric symptoms are most predictive of caregiver burden and depression regardless of dementia diagnosis, but the effects appear to be driven primarily by disruptive behaviors (e.g., agitation, aggression, disinhibition), followed by delusions and mood disturbance. Disruptive behaviors are more disturbing partly because of the adverse impact on the emotional connection between the caregiver and the care-recipient and partly because they exacerbate difficulties in other domains (e.g., caring for activities of daily living). In behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, not only are these disruptive behaviors more prominent but they are also more disturbing due to the care-recipient's insensitivity to others' feelings. In Lewy body dementia, visual hallucinations also appear to be distressing. The disturbing nature of disruptive behaviors cuts across dementia conditions, but the roles played by symptoms that are unique or particularly serious in a certain condition need to be explored further.

Indexed as

Cost of IllnessAdaptation, PsychologicalAgedCaregiversDementiaDepressionFemaleHumansMaleBehavioral and psychological symptoms of dementiaBurdenDementia caregivingDepressionFunctional impairmentsNeuropsychiatric symptoms

Identifiers

PMID28795386
PMCPMC5550537
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