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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Caregiving

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

The study found significant correlations between caregiver competence, QoL, and burden/stress with the QoL of individuals with dementia. Executive function (inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility) was significantly associated with caregiver competence. Caregiver QoL is positively associated with the QoL of individuals with dementia; therefore, enhancing caregiver-related characteristics contributes to effective disease management and the well-being of the person with dementia. The study demonstrates the impact of informal caregivers' competence, burden, and executive function on the QoL of individuals with dementia.

Key findings

The study found significant correlations between caregiver competence, QoL, and burden/stress with the QoL of individuals with dementia.
Executive function (inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility) was significantly associated with caregiver competence.
Caregiver QoL is positively associated with the QoL of individuals with dementia; therefore, enhancing caregiver-related characteristics contributes to effective disease management and the well-being of the person with dementia.
The study demonstrates the impact of informal caregivers' competence, burden, and executive function on the QoL of individuals with dementia.

Why it matters

This cross-sectional study found that caregiver competence, quality of life, burden, and executive function were significantly associated with the quality of life of people with mild and moderate dementia. It concerns caregiver factors and disease management, not treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.

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Study details

Study designcross-sectional
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 36/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record, so that was left out: it earned 35 of the 96 points we could judge it on, which is 36 out of 100.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Revista CUIDARTE)
Journal's citation record	0 / 4	Revista CUIDARTE: journal h-index 27 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
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	4 / 5	2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	1 / 7	Cited 3 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	1 / 5	1.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	2 / 6	Cited 1.9× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	1 / 4	Cited 3 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	— / 4	OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Duván Fernando Gómez Morales holds only 6 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score
Institution's track record	0 / 3	Universidad Surcolombiana: institution h-index 67 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	0 / 3	OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40989542)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Points	35 / 96	Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 35 of the 96 points we could judge it on is 36 out of 100.
Total	36 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Polo, M. V., Guarnizo, R. M. S., & Morales, D. F. G. (2025). Relationship between caregiver characteristics and the reported quality of life of people with mild and moderate dementia. Revista CUIDARTE. https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.4646

Vancouver

Polo MV, Guarnizo RMS, Morales DFG. Relationship between caregiver characteristics and the reported quality of life of people with mild and moderate dementia. Revista CUIDARTE. 2025. doi:10.15649/cuidarte.4646. PMID: 40989542.

BibTeX

@article{polo2025-40989542,
  author  = {Polo, Marco Venegas and Guarnizo, Rudy Marcela Sanchez and Morales, Duván Fernando Gómez},
  title   = {{Relationship between caregiver characteristics and the reported quality of life of people with mild and moderate dementia}},
  journal = {Revista CUIDARTE},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.15649/cuidarte.4646},
  pmid    = {40989542},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.4646}
}

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