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Meng DD, Ruan Z, Tang YL, Ji ZH, Su Y, Xu T, Cui BZ, Ren DL, Chang T, Yang Q. Factors associated with the disease family burden of caregivers of myasthenia gravis patients in northwestern China: A cross-sectional study. J Clin Neurosci 2024; 119:70-75. [PMID: 37988975 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) lose part of their working or living ability due to illness, and bring burden to caregivers. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors related to caregivers' disease family burden for MG patients in Northwest China. METHODS The study utilized our Myasthenia Gravis database and distributed online questionnaires to both MG patients and their caregivers. The questionnaires included a general data collection form, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale, and the Caregivers' Family Burden Scale of Disease (FBSD). Univariate analysis and multivariate linear regression analysis were run, with FBSD as the outcome variable for separate analyses. RESULTS 178 MG patients were eligible for inclusion in the analysis, of whom 80 patients' caregivers had a positive family burden of MG. The daily activity burden of the family and the economic burden of the family were the heaviest among the six dimensions of the caregivers' family disease burdens. The factors independently associated with FBSD were depression symptom level, MG severity classification and family's monthly per capita income (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Depression symptom level, MG severity classification and family's monthly per capita income are independent factors related to the caregivers' disease family burden for MG patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dong-Dong Meng
- Department of Experimental Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China.
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