Table 3.
11-item Zarit Burden Inventory in LBD Caregivers (most frequent responses are in bold type)
| Variable (% response) | Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Quite Frequently |
Nearly always |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not enough time for oneself | 6.4 | 11.9 | 36.7 | 30.1 | 14.9 |
| Stress between caring for relative and personal responsibilities |
4.2 | 10.7 | 31.9 | 26.9 | 26.3 |
| Afraid of the future of relative | 2.6 | 5.1 | 15.5 | 29.7 | 47.1 |
| Feel your health has suffered | 13.7 | 17.4 | 32.6 | 20.7 | 15.6 |
| Caring has interfered with your social life | 8.5 | 12.2 | 26.1 | 24.6 | 28.6 |
| Uncertainty about what to do | 8.6 | 14.3 | 27.1 | 25.7 | 24.4 |
| Angry around your relative | 27.0 | 31.0 | 29.8 | 9.5 | 2.7 |
| Relative affects relationships with your family and friends |
27.6 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 10.9 | 8.4 |
| Feel strained | 19.3 | 25.1 | 33.5 | 13.7 | 8.3 |
| Feel that you should do more | 8.3 | 18.0 | 34.1 | 21.1 | 18.6 |
| Feel that you could be doing a better job | 12.7 | 26.7 | 33.6 | 15.5 | 11.6 |