Caregivers' resilience in mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease.

To investigate the resilience of caregivers of people with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease (PwAD) and the related sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Cross-sectional assessment of dyads of PwAD and family caregivers ( = 106). Caregivers were assessed for resilience, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, quality of life, burden and cognition.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Social and Emotional Questionnaire on Dementia for the Brazilian population.

Context And Objective: Impairments in social and emotional functioning may affect the communication skills and interpersonal relationships of people with dementia and their caregivers. This study had the aim of presenting the steps involved in the cross-cultural adaptation of the Social and Emotional Questionnaire (SEQ) for the Brazilian population.

Design And Setting: Cross-cultural adaptation study, conducted at the Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in a public university.

Caregivers' quality of life in mild and moderate dementia.

Objective: To investigate quality of life (QoL) of caregivers of mild and moderate dementia and the aspects related to QoL.

Method: Cross-sectional assessment of dyads of people with dementia (PwD) and family caregivers (n=88).

Results: Burden (p<0.

Spouse-caregivers' quality of life in Alzheimer's disease.

Background: The relationship between sexuality and quality of life (QoL) of spouse-caregivers remains unclear. We designed this study to evaluate the relationship between sexual satisfaction and spouse-caregivers' QoL, and to determine the influence of the clinical characteristics of people with dementia (PWD) on spouse-caregivers' self-reported QoL.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, 54 PWD and their spouse-caregivers completed the QoL in Alzheimer's Disease scale (QoL-AD), questionnaire on sexual experience and satisfaction (QSES), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR), Assessment Scale of Psychosocial Impact of the Diagnosis of Dementia (ASPIDD), Pfeffer functional activities questionnaire (FAQ), the Cornell scale for depression in dementia (CSDD) and Zarit burden interview (ZBI).

Awareness of disease is different for cognitive and functional aspects in mild Alzheimer's disease: a one-year observation study.

Awareness of disease can be compromised to some degree in a proportion of people with dementia, with evident differences across domains. We designed this study to determine the factors associated with the impairment of awareness over a period of time. Using a longitudinal design, 69 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and their family caregivers completed the Assessment Scale of Psychosocial Impact of the Diagnosis of Dementia, the Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale, the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia, the Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire, the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and the Zarit Burden Interview.