Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Informal caregiver's socio demographic profile for community-dwelling women and men with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, compliance, and satisfaction to treatment: A post-hoc analysis of the AXEPT study. |
| Authors: |
Colombo, Delia, Zagni, Emanuela, Rossini, Paolo Maria, Di Cioccio, Luigi, Gragnaniello, Daniela, Luda Di Cortemiglia, Emilio, Attar, Mahmood, Simoni, Lucia, Haggiag, Shalom, Bernabei, Roberto |
| Source: |
Health Care for Women International; 2023, Vol. 44 Issue 12, p1622-1637, 16p |
| Subject Terms: |
ALZHEIMER'S disease treatment, RESEARCH, STATISTICS, PSYCHOLOGY of men, SCIENTIFIC observation, CROSS-sectional method, PATIENT satisfaction, SATISFACTION, FISHER exact test, T-test (Statistics), PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers, INDEPENDENT living, PSYCHOLOGY of women, CHI-squared test, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, RESEARCH funding, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors, PATIENT compliance, DATA analysis, LOGISTIC regression analysis, DATA analysis software |
| Abstract: |
In this post-hoc analysis of the AXEPT study, 855 patients were analyzed, 544 (63.6%) females. The mean (± SD) MMSE score in women vs men was 20.8 ± 2.6 vs. 21.2 ± 2.5; p = 0.0087, and women were more likely affected by psychiatric disorders (n = 76, 14.0% women vs. n = 21, 6.8% men; p = 0.0015). Men were mainly assisted by their wives (n = 207, 66.6%), women mainly by their daughters (n = 243, 44.7%) and only in a minority of cases by their husbands (n = 92, 16.9%). Women less frequently cohabited with their caregivers than men (n = 233, 43.1% vs. n = 240, 77.9%, p < 0.0001), and received less daily time of caregiving (mean (± SD): 10.0 ± 7.2 vs. 15.2 ± 8.2; p < 0.0001). No gender differences were highlighted in compliance to treatment and caregiver satisfaction, while gender differences in caregiving were found at disadvantage of women affected by more severe cognitive and psychiatric conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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