Dysphagia Symptoms Contribute to Greater Care Partner Burden in Neurodegenerative Disease.

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI:10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00529

Lauren Tabor Gray, Samantha Shune, Sarah Perry, Derek Kosty, Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald

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Abstract

Purpose: Providing care for family members with neurodegenerative diseases entails significant physical and psychosocial costs, increasing caregiver burden. Limited research exists on the factors contributing to dysphagia-related burden, particularly across disease trajectories. This study aimed to (a) determine if dysphagia-related burden predicts general caregiver burden, (b) identify predictors of dysphagia-related burden, and (c) examine relationships between dysphagia severity, disease severity, and dysphagia-related burden.

Method: Care partners (N = 211; 80% female; M_age = 60 ± 14 years) from clinics in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States participated. Care recipients included those with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; n = 48), dementia (n = 110), and Parkinson's disease (PD; n = 53). General burden was measured using the Zarit Burden Interview, while dysphagia-related burden was assessed via the Caregiver Assessment of Reported Experiences with Swallowing Difficulties. Multiple regression analyses examined predictors of general and dysphagia-related burden and their relationships to dysphagia and disease severity.

Results: Higher general burden was associated with female caregivers (β = -.19, p = .05), higher education (β = .16, p = .03), caring for someone with dementia (β = .36, p = .01), and greater dysphagia-related burden (β = .33, p = .01). Predictors of dysphagia-related burden included working caregivers (β = .15, p = .01), increased dysphagia symptoms (β = .77, p < .01), and caring for individuals with ALS or dementia (vs. PD; β = -.16, p = .02). Dysphagia burden varied by disease severity and diet tolerance (p < .01).

Conclusions: Managing dysphagia independently contributes to caregiver burden, potentially increasing burnout and nonadherence to clinical recommendations. Early, proactive inquiry about dysphagia-related care partner burden and provision of support to minimize burden should be considered early in disease management.

Supplemental material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.28843055.

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American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-REHABILITATION

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

11.50%

发文量

353

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Mission: AJSLP publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles on all aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. The journal is an international outlet for clinical research pertaining to screening, detection, diagnosis, management, and outcomes of communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan as well as the etiologies and characteristics of these disorders. Because of its clinical orientation, the journal disseminates research findings applicable to diverse aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. AJSLP seeks to advance evidence-based practice by disseminating the results of new studies as well as providing a forum for critical reviews and meta-analyses of previously published work. Scope: The broad field of speech-language pathology, including aphasia; apraxia of speech and childhood apraxia of speech; aural rehabilitation; augmentative and alternative communication; cognitive impairment; craniofacial disorders; dysarthria; fluency disorders; language disorders in children; speech sound disorders; swallowing, dysphagia, and feeding disorders; and voice disorders.