PMID- 37553634
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230818
LR  - 20240405
IS  - 1471-2318 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2318 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Aug 8
TI  - Burden of care and coping strategies among informal caregivers of people with 
      behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in rural south-western Uganda.
PG  - 475
LID - 10.1186/s12877-023-04129-0 [doi]
LID - 475
AB  - BACKGROUND: Caregiving is a draining role that inflicts a significant level of 
      burden upon caregivers for older people with Behavioral and Psychological 
      Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). Caregiver burden is associated with poor health 
      outcomes for both the people with BPSD and their caregivers. This study explored 
      the burden of care and coping strategies used by informal caregivers of older 
      people with BPSD in rural Southwestern Uganda. METHODS: This was a qualitative 
      study among informal caregivers of older people with BPSD in Rubanda and Rukiga 
      districts. We conducted in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of 27 
      caregivers using an interview guide. The interviews were conducted in the local 
      language, audio recorded, transcribed, translated into English, and thematically 
      analyzed. RESULTS: There were two major themes: caregiver burden and coping 
      strategies. Caregiver burden was described as financial, physical, psychological 
      and social. Caregivers mainly used emotion-focused coping strategies (religious 
      coping, acceptance and emotional support seeking). Problem-focused coping 
      strategies (planning) and dysfunctional coping strategies (self-distraction) were 
      used to a lesser extent. CONCLUSION: Informal caregivers of people with BPSD 
      adopted both emotional and problem-focused coping strategies to cope with the 
      burden of care for people with BPSD. Such coping strategies seemed to lighten the 
      burden of caring, in the long motivating the caregivers to continue with the 
      caring role.
CI  - (c) 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Owokuhaisa, Judith
AU  - Owokuhaisa J
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Kamoga, Ronald
AU  - Kamoga R
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Musinguzi, Pius
AU  - Musinguzi P
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Muwanguzi, Moses
AU  - Muwanguzi M
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Natukunda, Sylivia
AU  - Natukunda S
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Mubangizi, Vincent
AU  - Mubangizi V
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Asiime, Keith
AU  - Asiime K
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
FAU - Rukundo, Godfrey Zari
AU  - Rukundo GZ
AD  - Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda. 
      grukundo@must.ac.ug.
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, PO Box 
      1410, Mbarara, Uganda. grukundo@must.ac.ug.
LA  - eng
GR  - D43 TW011632/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20230808
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Geriatr
JT  - BMC geriatrics
JID - 100968548
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - *Caregivers/psychology
MH  - *Dementia/diagnosis/epidemiology/therapy
MH  - Stress, Psychological/psychology
MH  - Uganda/epidemiology
MH  - Behavioral Symptoms
PMC - PMC10408158
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Behavioral and psychological symptoms of Dementia
OT  - Burden
OT  - Caregiver
OT  - Coping strategies
COIS- The authors declare that they had no competing interests
EDAT- 2023/08/09 01:05
MHDA- 2023/08/10 06:43
PMCR- 2023/08/08
CRDT- 2023/08/08 23:37
PHST- 2022/09/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/08/10 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/08/09 01:05 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/08/08 23:37 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/08/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12877-023-04129-0 [pii]
AID - 4129 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12877-023-04129-0 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Geriatr. 2023 Aug 8;23(1):475. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04129-0.