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Depression Among Caregivers of Patients With Dementia.
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- Improving Quality of Life in Dementia through Tailored Interventions: A Systematic Review from Saudi Arabia.Current Alzheimer research · 2026Pooled it
- A narrative review of challenges faced by informal caregivers of people with dementia in the Middle East and North Africa.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Mindfulness and rumination: stress pathways for caregivers of persons living with dementia.The Gerontologist · 2026Trial
- Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Mindfulness Program vs Audio-Guided Mindfulness on Depression, Sleep, and Quality of Life in Dementia Family Caregivers: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of medical sciences · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a Telephone-Intervention on Caregiving Burden and Mental Health among Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia in Malaysia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- Assistive technology and telecare to maintain independent living at home for people with dementia: the ATTILA RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- When support matters: quality of life in alzheimer's family caregivers "quality of life in alzheimer's family caregivers".Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Caregiver Burden and Support for People with Neurological Disorders: Findings from a Polish Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of Dementia Patients Caregivers' Home Safety Knowledge in the Outpatient Setting of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Turkish version of the Affiliated Stigma Scalefor Caregivers of Dementia.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Burden, Anxiety, and Depression Among Caregivers of Parkinson's Disease Patients.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- Understanding the burden of mental and physical health disorders on families: findings from the Saudi National Mental Health Survey.BMJ open · 2023Review
- Relationship of Psychological Flexibility and Mindfulness to Caregiver Burden, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Caregivers of People with Dementia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Dementia care in gerontological social work: emerging issues and challenges in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Development and validation of the care challenge scale in family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Effects of the Modified Transtheoretical Theory of Stress and Coping (TTSC) Program on Dementia Caregivers' Knowledge, Burden, and Quality of Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Fruit and vegetable intake and mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in Uganda.Mental health & prevention · 2021Article
- Challenges of caregiving to neurological patients.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2021Review
- Using the Apriori Algorithm to Explore Caregivers' Depression by the Combination of the Patients with Dementia and Their Caregivers.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Caregiver Burden in a Memory Clinic Population.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
We aimed to assess depressive symptoms in caregivers of patients with dementia, taking into account variables such as severity of dementia, sex, age, and financial state of the patient. We recruited 222 caregivers of patients with dementia from King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Alzheimer's Disease Association, and online, from February to June 2017, and employed the Patient Health Questionnaire to assess depression, and the Blessed Dementia Scale to assess severity of dementia. The prevalence of clinical depression among the caregivers was 14.9%. Minimal symptoms of depression were experienced by 96 caregivers (43.2%), moderate by 45 (20.3%), moderate-severe by 15 (6.8%), and severe by 8 (3.6%). Forty-six patients had mild dementia (22%), 73 had moderate (34.9%), and 90 had severe (43.1%). Caregivers of patients with dementia experience considerable burden and lower level of health-related quality of life and may be predisposed to developing clinical depression.
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