Caregiver Burden and Coping Strategies for Frail Elderly with Mental Disorders in Nepal

129 caregivers of frail elderly with mental disorders at Patan Hospital were assessed for burden and coping skills. Data were collected via face-to-face interviews using the Nepali versions of the Brief Cope and Zarit Burden Interview instruments. Anjana Maharjan published the dataset on figshare in 2026, containing results from descriptive and inferential statistical tests including Chi-square and logistic regression.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between caregiver demographics (gender, family type, employment) and perceived burden levels based on statistical results mentioned in the description.
• Model the relationship between problem-focused or emotion-focused coping strategies and caregiver burden scores.
• Investigate the distribution of personal strain versus role strain among caregivers of the elderly with mental illness.

Strengths

• Includes data from 129 caregiver respondents, providing a specific sample size.
• Uses validated instruments (Brief Cope and Zarit Burden Interview) translated into Nepali.
• Contains results from multiple statistical tests (Chi-square, Pearson’s correlation, Logistic regression) as part of the dataset.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single hospital (Patan Hospital) in Nepal, which may limit geographic generalizability.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Anjana Maharjan via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using face-to-face interviews with conveniently selected caregivers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 17:50:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Patan Hospital, Nepal.