ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology
Factors Affecting Psychological Burden on the Informal Caregiver of Patients With Cirrhosis: Looking Beyond the Patient.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and Predicting Factors of Caregiver Burden in Cirrhotic Patients.Canadian liver journal · 2025Pooled it
- Rifaximin for prevention and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in people with cirrhosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Advances in understanding, diagnosing, and treating hepatic encephalopathy: from epidemiology to emerging therapies.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Illness Integration in Caregivers' Identity: Associations with Care-Burden, Well-Being, and Attachment Orientation.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Latent class analysis of dyadic psychosocial adaptation in young and middle-aged couples with liver cirrhosis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Burden, stress and depression in caregivers of cirrhosis patients before and after liver transplantation.World journal of transplantation · 2025Article
- The Role of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cirrhosis.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Care burden and associated factors among caregivers of patients with bipolar type I disorder.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- The social and psychological impact of hepatic encephalopathy.Metabolic brain disease · 2024Review
- [Research progress on the correlation between cirrhosis and frailty].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023Review
- Regulation of mild cognitive impairment associated with liver disease by humoral factors derived from the gastrointestinal tract and MRI research progress: a literature review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- The Level of Knowledge Among Nurses Regarding Care of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy at Najran Hospitals, Saudi Arabia.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- Severe Hepatic Steatosis by Controlled Attenuation Parameter Predicts Quality of Life Independent of Fibrosis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022Article
- Extremely Distant and Incredibly Close: Physical Proximity, Emotional Attachment and Caregiver Burden.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Hepatic encephalopathy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Psychometric methods for diagnosing and monitoring minimal hepatic encephalopathy -current validation level and practical use.Metabolic brain disease · 2022Review
- Continued alcohol consumption and hepatic encephalopathy determine quality of life and psychosocial burden of caregivers in patients with liver cirrhosis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsCirrhosis leads to considerable morbidity and mortality, compromises quality of life, and often necessitates assistance in activities of daily living. An informal caregiver bears the psychological burden of coping with the needs of the patient and the knowledge of morbid prognosis of a loved one. This aspect is rarely recognized and almost never addressed in a clinical practice.
methodsThis cross-sectional study assessed the factors influencing psychological burden of cirrhosis on the caregivers in a predominantly lower-middle socioeconomic class Indian population. Patients underwent psychometric tests [Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES)], and questionnaires for quantifying caregiver burden [Perceived Caregiver Burden (PCB) and Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI)] and assessing depression [Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)] and anxiety [Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)] were administered.
resultsOne hundred patients with cirrhosis [70% male, 27% with past hepatic encephalopathy (HE), and 53% with minimal HE] and their caregivers (66% women, 81% spouse, 26.51 years of mean relationship) were evaluated. Caregiver burden scores were higher in patients with previous overt HE than in those without previous overt HE [PCB (74.63
conclusionHigher perceived burden is common in caregivers of patients with cirrhosis. Repeated hospital admissions, alcoholism, and lower socioeconomic status influence caregiver burden.
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