Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Quality of life and caregiver burden in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration: Analyses of symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals within the LEFFTDS cohort.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Longitudinal Evaluation of Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects evaluates familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) kindreds with MAPT, GRN, or C9orf72 mutations. Objectives were to examine whether health-related quality of life (HRQoL) correlates with clinical symptoms and caregiver burden, and whether self-rated and informant-rated HRQoL would correlate with each other.

Methods

Individuals were classified using the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR® ) Scale plus National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) FTLD. HRQoL was measured with DEMQOL and DEMQOL-proxy; caregiver burden with the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI). For analysis, Pearson correlations and weighted kappa statistics were calculated.

Results

The cohort of 312 individuals included symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. CDR® plus NACC FTLD was negatively correlated with DEMQOL (r = -0.20, P = .001), as were ZBI and DEMQOL (r = -0.22, P = .0009). There was fair agreement between subject and informant DEMQOL (κ = 0.36, P <.0001).

Conclusion

Lower HRQoL was associated with higher cognitive/behavior impairment and higher caregiver burden. These findings demonstrate the negative impact of FTLD on individuals and caregivers.

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7534513 | BioStudies |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC7202045 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC8772227 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC5539344 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC8166434 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC7993772 | BioStudies
2019-01-01 | S-EPMC6571083 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC7593814 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC8028783 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC7546983 | BioStudies
| S-EPMC8594126 | BioStudies