Imaging Care Requirements: Use of Functional Neuroimaging to Predict Dementia Caregiver Burden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia caregivers frequently report high stress, with increased burden associated with worse outcomes for both patients and caregivers. Although many studies relate clinical phenotypes to burden, the relationship between imaging pathology and burden, irrespective of diagnosis, is unknown. This study investigated the relationship between caregiver burden and patient regional cerebral blood flow in dementia.

Methods

Seventy-sev en patients with cognitive impairment undergoing brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography imaging in normal clinical care and their caregivers were recruited. Caregiver burden was ranked from "little" to "severe" using the Zarit Burden Interview and perfusion values extracted from the patient images for predefined regions

SUBMITTER: Prosser AMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968276 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature