Caregiver burden

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• Caregiver burden is one construct used to categorize the types of difficulties associated with caring for someone with a chronic illness, such as PTSD.
• The caregiver burden is evaluated by the total score obtained from the sub total of 22 questions and the caregiver distress is higher with higher scores 4 .
• Calculating Burden Scores The exact wording to be used to ask caregivers about caregiver burden is provided in Appendix A along with the response set.
• Caregiver burden is defined as the strain or load borne by a person who cares for an elderly, chronically ill, or disabled family member or other person (1).
• Measuring Perceived Caregiver Burden Perceived caregiver burden is the subjective assessment by an individual of his/her ability to cope with the informal caregiver role, as well as the psychosocial consequences of providing informal care.

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