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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Caregiving

Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology

Plain-language summary

Family caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) have a heavy care burden. Affiliate stigma is the stigma internalized by individuals associated with PWD. Limited research has addressed the affiliate stigma among caregivers of PWD and its influence on caregiver burden. Thus, our study investigated the burden of caregivers of PWD and its relationship with affiliate stigma. In addition, we examined the factors related to affiliate stigma. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a general hospital in Taiwan. We recruited 270 PWD and their family caregivers from the outpatient department. Relevant demographic and clinical assessment data of the patients and caregivers were evaluated. Regression analysis was performed to examine the factors associated with affiliate stigma. In total, 23.7% of the family caregivers had depression and 37.4% had anxiety. Male caregivers had higher levels of anxiety and heavier care burdens related to affiliate stigma compared with female caregivers. Moreover, characteristics such as younger age and low levels of dependence in daily activities among PWD were associated with increased affiliate stigma. A higher family caregiver burden was related to more severe affiliate stigma. Interventions for decreasing the family caregiver burden might reduce the effect of affiliate stigma.

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APA 7th

Su, J.-A., & Chang, C.-C. (2020). Association Between Family Caregiver Burden and Affiliate Stigma in the Families of People with Dementia. International journal of environmental research and public health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082772

Vancouver

Su J.-A, Chang C.-C. Association Between Family Caregiver Burden and Affiliate Stigma in the Families of People with Dementia. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2020. doi:10.3390/ijerph17082772. PMID: 32316454.

BibTeX

@article{su2020-32316454,
  author  = {Su, Jian-An and Chang, Chih-Cheng},
  title   = {{Association Between Family Caregiver Burden and Affiliate Stigma in the Families of People with Dementia}},
  journal = {International journal of environmental research and public health},
  year    = {2020},
  doi     = {10.3390/ijerph17082772},
  pmid    = {32316454},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082772}
}

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Key findings

Affiliate stigma is the stigma internalized by individuals associated with PWD.
Regression analysis was performed to examine the factors associated with affiliate stigma.
Male caregivers had higher levels of anxiety and heavier care burdens related to affiliate stigma compared with female caregivers.
Moreover, characteristics such as younger age and low levels of dependence in daily activities among PWD were associated with increased affiliate stigma.

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Study details

Study designcross-sectional
Participants270
Effect size23.7%; 37.4%
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 59/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multicenter collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 33 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 59 out of 100.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (International journal of environmental research and public health)
Journal's citation record	— / 4	No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score
Study design	4 / 12	A snapshot of people at one point in time
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	2 / 5	2020 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	2 / 4	270 participants
Effect reported	2 / 3	Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test
Studied in people	3 / 3	Studied in people (participant count stated)
Randomized / blinded	0 / 2	No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	— / 7	No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score
Citations per year	— / 5	No citation count or no year — left out of this score
Impact for its field and year	— / 6	No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score
Cited by studies here	— / 6	Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score
Still being cited	— / 4	No yearly citation counts — left out of this score
Senior author's track record	— / 4	Senior author's record not available — left out of this score
Institution's track record	— / 3	No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score
Multicenter collaboration	— / 3	Institutions not listed — left out of this score
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 32316454)
Free to read	— / 2	Access not recorded — left out of this score
Points	33 / 56	Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 33 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 59 out of 100.
Total	59 / 100	—

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