TY - JOUR
T1 - The Mood Disorder Burden Index
T2 - A scale for assessing the burden of caregivers to adults with unipolar or bipolar disorder
AU - Martire, Lynn M.
AU - Hinrichsen, Gregory A.
AU - Morse, Jennifer Q.
AU - Reynolds, Charles F.
AU - Gildengers, Ariel G.
AU - Mulsant, Benoit H.
AU - Schulz, Richard
AU - Frank, Ellen
AU - Kupfer, David J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIMH grants K01 065547 R01 MH37869, P30 MH71944, P30 MH030915, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Grant ME-02385. The authors also thank David J. Kupfer, M.D., and Ellen Frank, Ph.D., for their contributions to this report.
PY - 2009/6/30
Y1 - 2009/6/30
N2 - We present a brief measure of caregiver burden, the Mood Disorder Burden Index (MDBI), for use with family members and close friends of adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar disorder (BD). The MDBI assesses burden in three core domains (patients' mood symptoms, caregivers' worry about the future, and caregivers' interpersonal difficulties with the patient) and includes an optional module that assesses caregiver burden associated with patients' pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. The MDBI was administered to caregivers of older individuals (i.e., 58 years and older) with MDD (n = 123) or BD (n = 38) who were receiving treatment through a research study. Analyses indicated evidence of convergent and discriminant validity of the new measure well as internal consistency within both caregiver groups. It will be important for future research to administer the MDBI to caregivers of middle-aged and older patients as well as those receiving treatment through inpatient settings or community outpatient clinics.
AB - We present a brief measure of caregiver burden, the Mood Disorder Burden Index (MDBI), for use with family members and close friends of adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar disorder (BD). The MDBI assesses burden in three core domains (patients' mood symptoms, caregivers' worry about the future, and caregivers' interpersonal difficulties with the patient) and includes an optional module that assesses caregiver burden associated with patients' pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. The MDBI was administered to caregivers of older individuals (i.e., 58 years and older) with MDD (n = 123) or BD (n = 38) who were receiving treatment through a research study. Analyses indicated evidence of convergent and discriminant validity of the new measure well as internal consistency within both caregiver groups. It will be important for future research to administer the MDBI to caregivers of middle-aged and older patients as well as those receiving treatment through inpatient settings or community outpatient clinics.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.04.010
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.04.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 19427705
AN - SCOPUS:65749085707
SN - 0165-1781
VL - 168
SP - 67
EP - 77
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
IS - 1
ER -
