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| Correlates of intrusion and avoidance as stress response symptoms in family carers of patients suffering from dementia | | Author(s) | Ingun Ulstein, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Knut Engedal |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 10, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1051-1057 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Stress ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Evaluation ; Norway. |
| Annotation | 196 family carers of 196 dementia patients living at home in Norway were studied. Carers were assessed by the Impact of Events Scale (IES), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Distress scale of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-D). Patients were assessed with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). 20 carers (10%) scored above 19 on the intrusion and avoidance subscales the IES, whereas 90 (47%) scored above 8 on both subscales. The moderate to high stress response was independently explained by being a spouse, high scores on GDS, and high scores on NPI-D. Spouses and other family cares having daily contact with patients with dementia experience moderate to high levels of intrusion and avoidance. These symptoms are associated with symptoms of anxiety, distress and depression and should be taken into account when tailoring interventions for carers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090605207 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: QNH: ENR: ENP: 4C: 76N |
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