Caregiver-Reported Burden in RE-KINECT: Data From a Prospective Real-World Tardive Dyskinesia Screening Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

RE-KINECT (NCT03062033), a real-world study of possible tardive dyskinesia (TD) in antipsychotic-treated patients, included a questionnaire to assess the effects of patients' abnormal involuntary movements on caregivers.

Aims

To capture the experiences of caregivers who assisted individuals with abnormal involuntary movements that were confirmed by clinicians as being consistent with TD.

Methods

Qualified (nonpaid) caregivers were invited to complete a questionnaire that included the following: caregivers' sociodemographic characteristics, their perceptions about the impact of abnormal involuntary movements on patients, and the impact of these movements on themselves (caregivers).

Results

Of the 41 participating caregivers, 25 (61.0%) were women, 20

SUBMITTER: Cutler AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10492432 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature