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. 2017 Aug;32(5):245-251.
doi: 10.1177/1533317517714888. Epub 2017 Jun 13.

Predictors of Desire to Institutionalization in Dementia Caregivers From a Developing Country

Preeti Sinha  1 , Sherin Yohannan  2 , A Thirumoorthy  2 , Palanimuthu Thangaraju Sivakumar  1
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Predictors of Desire to Institutionalization in Dementia Caregivers From a Developing Country

Preeti Sinha et al. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

Older adults with dementia have higher rates of institutionalization than those without dementia. Desire to institutionalization (DTI) is an important factor influencing the actual institutionalization but is less well studied. This cross-sectional study examines the DTI with the scale of same name developed by Morycz, in 1985, in a sample of 50 caregivers of patients with dementia in a tertiary clinical care setting in a developing country. Caregiver burden associated with personal strain (by factor analyzed Zarit Burden Interview scale), and stress perceived out of caregiving (by Perceived Stress Scale) predicted higher DTI. Besides, those who were married had lower DTI scores. The factors which didn't affect DTI were total caregiver burden, family and social support, age of patient and caregiver, education of caregiver, severity and duration of dementia, and treatment duration. These results were different from those of developed country-based DTI studies and may indicate sociocultural differences.

Keywords: caregiver; cultural; dementia; desire to institutionalization; developing country; psychosocial.

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The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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