Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abusive Behaviors in the Caregivers of People with Dementia in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated the prevalence and risk factors of physically abusive behaviors (PhAB) and psychologically abusive behaviors (PsAB) towards people with dementia (PWD) in family caregivers, and compared their prevalences between East Asian and Western countries.

Methods

We estimated the prevalence and risk factors of PhAB and PsAB in 467 Korean pairs of community-dwelling PWD and their primary family caregivers. We evaluated abusive behaviors using the Modified Conflict Tactics Scale. In addition, we compared the prevalence of abusive behaviors between Asian and Western countries through a meta-analysis on 12 studies including the current one.

Results

More than a half of the caregivers reported PsAB and about one out of seven caregivers admitted PhAB within p

SUBMITTER: Kim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056695 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature