A Longitudinal Observational Study to Monitor the Outpatient-Caregiver Dyad in a Rehabilitation Hospital: Sociodemographic Characteristics and the Impact of Cognitive and Functional Impairment.

ABSTRACT: Background and objectives: This study examines how sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological factors within the patient-caregiver dyad affect caregiver burden and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in cognitive impairment. By comparing baseline data with a 1-year follow-up, the research aims to identify key predictors of caregiver burden and well-being. Methods: A longitudinal observational study was conducted in an Italian rehabilitation hospital, recruiting 132 outpatients and their caregivers at baseline, categorized as (a) Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI, n = 33); (b) dementia (DEM, n = 58); (c) healthy subjects (No-CI, n = 41). One year after baseline assessment (T0), patients were contacted and invited for an in-person follow-up re-evaluation (T1). Most attrition

SUBMITTER: Mancini D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12730887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature