title: Factors associated with depression and burden in Spanish speaking caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine which factors are highly associated with burden and depression in a group of caregivers of persons with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Colombia, South America.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-one pairs of individuals with TBI and their caregivers from two major cities in Colombia completed a comprehensive psychosocial evaluation that included information related to patient and caregiver sociodemographic factors, patient factors, and caregiver estimation of patient neurobehavioral functioning.
  
  
  METHODS
  Caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Interview) and caregiver depression (PHQ-9).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Generalized linear models revealed that patient language problems and caregiver perception of patient functioning on six neurobehavioral domains were related to caregiver burden. Caregiver socioeconomic status and caregiver perception of patient functioning on six neurobehavioral domains were related to caregiver depression. These variables were then selected as candidates for the multiple regression models, which were fit separately for caregiver depression and burden, and revealed that caregivers' perception of patient depression was the only factor associated with both caregiver burden and depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caregivers' perception of patient depression was the single best predictor of both caregiver burden and depression. Implications for treatment based on these preliminary findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Adminstration Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23249, USA. Lillian.Stevens@va.gov
authors.forename: Lillian Flores
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Arango-Lasprilla
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Kathryn Wilder
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Schaaf
authors.forename: Carlos José
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: De los Reyes Aragón
authors.forename: María Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Quijano
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreutzer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003105:Colombia; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires