Another multidimensional burden experienced by almost all RA patients is fatigue.
In particular, the multidimensional burden associated with living with HIV and how HIV services respond to this burden has not been described.
The symptom experience is much better understood in cancer patients as a multidimensional burden comprising prevalence, distress, severity and frequency [ 6, 7].
ICC: Intraclass Correlation Coefficient BIC: Burden Index of Caregivers Given the paucity of multidimensional care burden scales in Japan, the present findings confirming the reliability and validity of the BIC, a short multidimensional scale which measures 5 domains with 11 items, are significant.
We constructed a concise multidimensional care burden scale that reflects circumstances unique to Japan, with a focus on intractable neurological diseases.
We constructed the BIC, a concise multidimensional care burden scale which comprises 11 items covering 5 domains, from qualitative study of 646 family caregivers who provide care at home to patients with intractable neurological diseases or stroke.
Here, we used the results of this qualitative research to construct a concise multidimensional care burden scale that reflects circumstances unique to Japan for caregivers of patients with mainly intractable neurological conditions.
Further analysis of caregiver burden was undertaken utilizing the multidimensional classification of burden on the ZBI.
Given these potential negative consequences of caregiver burden, it is important not only to understand the multidimensional components of burden but to also understand the experience from the perspective of the caregiver themselves.
Headache-attributed burden is multidimensional, and extends beyond the person immediately affected to family, friends and work colleagues, and to society as a whole.
