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The study examines how perceived social support and resilience affect the relationship between caregiver burden and perceived stress in informal caregivers of dementia patients.

April 4, 2026BMC GeriatricsOpen Access

A Buffering Role of Perceived Social Support and Resilience between Caregiver Burden and Perceived Stress among Informal Caregivers of Dementia Elderly Patients

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SHSaba Z. HayatBahria University MSMuhammad SaadIqra University SBSyeda Razia BukhariShaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology

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Investigates the effects of social support and resilience on stress among informal caregivers of dementia, suggesting avenues for psychological support.

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The study examines how perceived social support and resilience affect the relationship between caregiver burden and perceived stress in informal caregivers of dementia patients.
Utilized purposive and snowball sampling to recruit 101 adult informal caregivers of dementia patients.
Data collected using established scales measuring caregiver burden, resilience, perceived stress, and social support.
Analyzed data using SPSS—27 and PROCESS Macro for mediation analysis.
Confirmed significant relationships among caregiver burden, perceived stress, resilience, and perceived social support.
Found that perceived social support and resilience partially mediate the effect of caregiver burden on perceived stress.
Identified variations in caregiver burden based on caregiving responsibilities.

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Hayat et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d0adc2659487ece0fa44a4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-07351-8

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Investigates the effects of social support and resilience on stress among informal caregivers of dementia, suggesting avenues for psychological support.

A Buffering Role of Perceived Social Support and Resilience between Caregiver Burden and Perceived Stress among Informal Caregivers of Dementia Elderly Patients

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A Buffering Role of Perceived Social Support and Resilience between Caregiver Burden and Perceived Stress among Informal Caregivers of Dementia Elderly Patients

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