The Effectiveness Of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program In Reducing The Anxiety And Burden Of Family Caregivers Of Patients With Dementia

INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1.1 Background of the Study

An act of caregiving  is not always  an expression  of nurturance, rather prolonged  

caregiving, especially to the persons with major neurological disturbance like dementia  

turning into a burden and a matter of worry. Wingham, Frost, and Britten (2017) in 

their qualitative study "Behind the smiles" of the cij    ers found that caregivers often hide 

the extent of emotional stress and an@i!l   hey go through.

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the patient, sense of hopelessness, changing sense      e, learning care skills, and

ignoring one's own health. Researches have,      onducted  in India to study of

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quality of life of caregivers, however the  , a:ve failed to identify the reason, behind

their poor quality of life (Srivas tav!(  fipathi, Tiwari, Singh, & Tripathi, 2016). The

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potential causes behind poor q * : i fy  of life among the caregivers of dementia patients

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are the perceived burdeQ   at could be psychological, financial, to serve physical

presence etc. and the    rry that even after caregiving the disease cause continuous 

deterioration    , e patient's condition who are the loved ones in their life like  

the mother, t     her, the grandmother, the grandfather or a loving neighbor (Srivastava, 

Tripathi,  Tiwari,  Singh,  &  Tripathi,  2016)  Worry  and  burden  has  significant 

deleterious effect on caregiver's well-being. Interventions like mindfulness-based- stress 

reduction technique help caregivers to manage their worry and burden who are caring family  

members with dementia. Mindfulness is a standardized  meditation program especially  

designed to reduce stress by creating attention to present moment and by developing openness to 

experience

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