Caregiver burden and proxy-reported outcomes of people without natural speech: a cross-sectional survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine interrelations between care-related burden on informal caregivers and their proxy assessments of outcomes in people without natural speech.

Design

A cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Data were collected in January 2019 from a postal survey of informal caregivers of people without natural speech who are insured by a large regional health insurance company in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.

Participants

n=714 informal caregivers of people without natural speech of all ages and with various underlying disabilities were identified and contacted via the health insurance company. Data from n=165 informal caregivers (26.4%) were obtained.

Main outcome measures

Caregiver burden (self-reported, Burden Scale for Family Caregivers), pra

SUBMITTER: Zinkevich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372882 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature