Authors: Cut Mutia Tatisina1, Mustika Sari2
1Health Polytechnic of Ministry of Health in Maluku, Indonesia
2Faculty of Nursing, Indonesia University, Indonesia
Email: cutmutia2011@ymail.com
Abstract
Prevalence of dementia was estimated around 3,9% in the age of 60 years old with various prevalence from 1,6% to be 6,4% around the world (Andrieu, 2011). Ponce (2012)stated that from 98% of dementia cases which were investigated that there were 92% families who cared for elderly continuously as long as his/ her life. Hence, it caused a feeling of burden that was often known as caregiver burden (Miller, 2004). This research aimed at knowing the correlation between family caregiver burdens and caring for dementia elderly at Leihitu Sub-district, Central Maluku, Indonesia. Moreover, this research utilized cross sectional design. The population of this research was family who had elderly dementia (247 families). The measuring tools which were utilized were MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) and ZBI (Zarit Burden Interview). The data was analyzed by utilizing Chi Square and the result showed that there was the correlation between family burden (psychology, social, physique, and finance) with p value= 0,000. Besides, the data was also analyzed by utilizing multiple logistic regressions. However, among all family burden types, the most relevant burden of the family was psychology burden (OR = 8,711).
Keywords: Dementia, Caregiver, Psychological burden, Social burden, Physical burden, Financial burden
