Exclusion Criteria
1. Care Giver of patients having score less than 24 on MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) scale.
2. Participants suffering from mental retardation or any other cognitive dysfunction.
3. Care Giver living in family having more than one patient with dementia and other major medical or psychiatric illness will be excluded.
Permissions and Clearance Clearance for the project was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee. Informed consent was obtained from all the patients participating in the study
Tools of data collection
Information about Patient and Caregiver
• Socio-Demographic data sheet
• Hindi Mental State Examination scale (HMSE) (Ganguli et al.,1995)
• BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale)
• Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS) (Pai and Kapur, 1981).
• Personality Factor-16 Questionnaire (Catell and Mead, 2008)
• Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (PSLES) (Singh et al., 1984)
Description of tools
Socio-Demographic data
It was used to elicit the background information and the personal profiles of the primary caregiver and the family. The illness details of the patient of dementia were also covered in the data. The information was gathered from the primary caregiver and patient.
Hindi Mental State Examination scale (HMSE) (Ganguli et al., 1995)69 …show more content…
This test consists of 22 items, which test different components of intellectual capability. The items cover several areas of cognitive functioning such as orientation to time and place, memory, attention and concentration, recognition of objects, Language function, comprehension and expressive speech, motor functioning and praxis. It is relatively simple to administer and provides a quick, brief index of the subject's current level of
1. Care Giver of patients having score less than 24 on MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) scale.
2. Participants suffering from mental retardation or any other cognitive dysfunction.
3. Care Giver living in family having more than one patient with dementia and other major medical or psychiatric illness will be excluded.
Permissions and Clearance Clearance for the project was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee. Informed consent was obtained from all the patients participating in the study
Tools of data collection
Information about Patient and Caregiver
• Socio-Demographic data sheet
• Hindi Mental State Examination scale (HMSE) (Ganguli et al.,1995)
• BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale)
• Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS) (Pai and Kapur, 1981).
• Personality Factor-16 Questionnaire (Catell and Mead, 2008)
• Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (PSLES) (Singh et al., 1984)
Description of tools
Socio-Demographic data
It was used to elicit the background information and the personal profiles of the primary caregiver and the family. The illness details of the patient of dementia were also covered in the data. The information was gathered from the primary caregiver and patient.
Hindi Mental State Examination scale (HMSE) (Ganguli et al., 1995)69 …show more content…
This test consists of 22 items, which test different components of intellectual capability. The items cover several areas of cognitive functioning such as orientation to time and place, memory, attention and concentration, recognition of objects, Language function, comprehension and expressive speech, motor functioning and praxis. It is relatively simple to administer and provides a quick, brief index of the subject's current level of