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. 2023 Jul 10;21:247. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02933-4

Table 1.

Overview of the literature on caregiver burden in people with PD using ZBI

First author (year) Country, total (N) Mean ZBI score Characteristics of caregivers Characteristics of people with PD
Mean age (SD) Women (%) Spouse (%) Child (%) Mean age (SD) Women Mean disease duration
Torny (2018) [19] France, N = 38 14.4 67.8 (9.0) 57.9 100 0 70.0 (8.3) 16.0 7.0
Geerlings (2022) [20] The Netherlands, N = 504 15.9 67.6 (9.2) 66.9 90.7 4.2 69.9 (8.1) 36.3 7.2
Santos-Garcia (2015) [21] Spain, N = 121 16.0 60.2 (15.0) 71.9 66.9 30.6 70.9 (8.2) 42.1 6.8
Macchi (2020) [10] Canada, N = 175 17.4 66.1 (11.1) 73.1 n/a n/a 70.7 (8.1) 29.1 9.5
Yang (2019) [22] China, N = 112 19.6 n/a 58.9 53.6 38.4 n/a 41.1 n/a
Carod-Artal (2013) [23] Brazil, N = 50 20.2 55.7 (13.1) 88.0 78.0 14.0 65.4 (10.3) 20.0 n/a
Rodriguez-Violante (2015) [24] UK, N = 201 21.5 51.6 (13.7) 73.1 n/a n/a 63.7 (12.6) 46.3 n/a
Martinez-Martin (2015) [7] Spain, N = 562 21.9 59.6 (13.97) 70.5 61.2 29.5 70.8 (9.9) 41.6 8,1
Tan (2020) [25] Singapore, N = 94 23.0 n/a 78.7 46.8 40.5 n/a 36.0 6.9
Trapp (2019) [26] Mexico, N = 95 24.3 51.1 (13.9) 78.0 60.0 23.3 n/a n/a n/A
Grün (2016) [27] Luxembourg, N = 59 25.8 63.8 (11.5) 76.3 78.0 0 69.4 (9.8) 30.0 n/a
Martinez-Martin (2007) [11] Spain, N = 80 26.5 61.3 (13.2) 62.0 76.3 18.8 69.4 (11.4) 80 (n/a) 7.7
Hagell (2017) [28] Sweden, N = 66 28.3 69.6 (8.2) 70.8 95.0 2.0 71.5 (7.6) n/a 9.3
Dotchin (2014) [29] Tanzania, N = 20 30.5 n/a 80.0 n/a n/a 78.5 n/a 8.0
Klietz (2019) [30] Germany, N = 2019 34.4 70.9 (9.1) 70.8 100 0 74.8 (5.7) n/a 16.3
Cubo (2014) [31] Cameroon N = 37 35.0 n/a 30.0 n/a n/a 64.2 n/a 5.8
Miyashita (2006) [32] Japan, N = 646 35.0 64.3 (11.6) 65.0 71.0 21.0 70.4 (9.6) n/a 8.0
Vatter (2018) [33] UK, N = 136 35.5 69.4 (7.62) 85.3 100 0 73.5 (6.5) 14.7 7.1
Pomponi (2016) [34] Italy, N = 28 42.7 68.6 (6.7) 53.6 100 0 69.5 (5.1) 46.4 8.4
Juneja (2020) [35] India, N = 47.41 47.4 52.3 (6.8) 72.0 76.0 24.0 61.5 (6.7) 32.0 n/a

ZBI Zarit Burden Inventory