Neuropsychiatric symptoms as a predictor of caregiver burden in Alzheimer’s disease

Ricardo F Allegri^1,2, Diego Sarasola², Cecilia M Serrano^1,2, Fernando E Taragano², Raúl L Arizaga³, Judith Butman^1,2, Leandro Loñ^1,2

¹Memory Research Laboratory, Zubizarreta Hospital, GCBA Buenos Aires, Argentina; ²CEMIC University Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ³Neurology Department, Ramos Mejia Hospital, GCBA Buenos Aires, Argentina

Aims: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease need assistance and supervision of their daily activities. They survive for protracted periods of time, placing an extensive burden of care on the caregiver prior to the patient’s death. The present study addressed the predictive value of behavior-related burden on Alzheimer’s disease caregivers.

Keywords: caregivers, caregiver burden, Alzheimer’s, behavior, neuropsychiatric