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Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and caregivers' stress appraisals
— intra-individual stability and change over short-term observations | | Author(s) | E B Fauth, S H Zarit, E E Femia |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 6, November 2006 |
| Pages | pp 563-573 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Personality disorders ; Symptoms ; Informal care ; Stress ; Evaluation ; Short term. |
| Annotation | Dementia is commonly associated with memory loss, but behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD) such as disruptive behaviours, agitation and problems with mood usually have a more significant impact on caregivers' stress. It is known that BPSD and caregivers' stress reactions vary in frequency over the long term course of dementia, but little is known about variability over the short term. This study assessed 85 people with dementia and their primary caregivers over 3 months. Caregivers used a 24-hour log on multiple, consecutive days to report behavioural symptoms of dementia on seven domains of behaviour, as well as their stress reactions for each domain. Using latent curve analysis, most BPSD and caregiver stress appraisals were found to be, on average, stable over the 3-month time frame. For many BPSD and stress appraisal models, however, intra-individual differences in rate of change were significantly different from the mean trend, indicating behaviours and stress are not stable over 3 months when assessed at the level of the individual. Covariates were used to explain individual differences in rates of change. However, few variables were significantly associated with intra-individual short-term change over time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061211204 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: EK: CT: P6: QNH: 4C: 4P |
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