SynthesisJournal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology2021
Factors Related to the Quality of Life in Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Effective Solutions for Caregivers of Older Adults: A Review of Systematic Reviews.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Pooled it
- Telephone-based intervention improves quality of life among family caregivers of persons with dementia in Malaysia: the mediating role of caregiver burden.BMC geriatrics · 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
- Premorbid Personality in Alzheimer's Disease and Caregiver Well-Being: The Role of Extraversion.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Nonpharmacological multicomponent intervention for mild cognitive impairment with a family-patient approach: protocol for the pilot clinical trial-INTERCOG study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Quality of life and burden during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study with family caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Assessing the health-related quality of life in informal caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease: evidence from Malaysia.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Assessing quality of life-a scoping review of studies presenting quality of life instruments for informal caregivers of persons with dementia.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of day programs on individuals living with dementia and their family/friend caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): protocol of a prospective cohort study combined with a qualitative evaluation.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Determinants of quality of life decrease in family caregivers of care-dependent patients: a longitudinal study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Health Programmes for Older Adults Who Are the Primary Family Caregivers for Their Partners: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Is more care recipient time at home also a family caregiver-centered quality of life measure?Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Assessing the psychometric performance of the EQ-5D-5L among informal caregivers of people with dementia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Impact of care-recipient relationship type on quality of life in caregivers of older adults with dementia over time.Age and ageing · 2024Article
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- Cognitive performance, burden and stress in aged caregivers of older adults with and without cognitive impairment.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2023Article
- Quality of Life and Relationships in Caregivers of People With Dementia. A Gender Perspective.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis meta-analysis aimed to (1) quantitatively synthesize evidence of factors related to the quality of life (QoL) of family carers of people with dementia and (2) explore moderating factors that may influence the strength of the relationship between such potential predictive factors and carer QoL.
methodsStudies that investigated correlations between patient/carer factors and QoL in unpaid family carers of people with dementia and were published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or Japanese were included.
resultsThirty-three studies were identified. The pooled correlations with carer QoL (effect size) were significantly large for depression (-0.58), significantly moderate for subjective burden (-0.47), and significantly small for people with dementia's neuropsychiatric symptoms (-0.24). These results indicated to be robust in the context of publication bias. The results of subgroup analyses demonstrated the social and economic development status of the country where study participants resided did not moderate these effects.
conclusionCarer depression, subjective burden, and people with dementia's neuropsychiatric symptoms may play a critical role in maintaining QoL of family carers regardless of the social and economic circumstances.
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