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The stress process among dementia spouse caregivers
— are caregivers at risk for negative behavior change? | | Author(s) | Mary P Gallant, Cathleen M Connell |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 20, no 3, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 267-297 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Spouses as carers ; Stress ; Depression ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US study examined the relationship between the demands of providing care to a spouse with dementia and caregiver health behaviours, specifically exercise, sleep patterns, weight maintenance, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Structural equation modelling was used to test a model predicting health behaviour change from personal and environmental characteristics, perceived stress, social support, and depressive symptoms in a sample of 233 spouse caregivers of dementia patients and to examine gender differences in these relationships. Results support the hypothesis that caregiving negatively influences health behaviours. Among both women and men, health behaviour change is directly influenced by depressive symptoms and objective burden. In addition, depressive symptoms mediate the effects of self-efficacy and objective burden on health behaviour change. These results support the notion that health behaviour change may represent one mechanism by which caregiving stress leads to adverse health outcomes. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980611402 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SN: QNH: ENR: 7T |
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