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| Associations between dysfunctional behaviors, gender, and burden in spousal caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults | | Author(s) | Michel Bédard, D William Molloy, David Pedlar |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, no 3, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 277-290 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Stress ; Spouses as carers ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Reductions in healthcare spending and current demographic trends will result in increasing demands to care for ageing relatives, especially those with cognitive impairment (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, AD), whose care can be burdensome. Caregiver burden is associated with negative outcomes such as caregiver depression and increased likelihood of patient institutionalisation. 111 patients and their spousal caregivers were studied using a pre-post design. All subjects received a comprehensive medical intervention including medical management of patients' problems and caregiver education. Changes in patients' function and caregiver burden were examined. At follow-up, patients' cognition and independence in activities of daily living (ADL) had continued to deteriorate, whereas their mood was improved. Regression analysis showed that changes in caregiver burden were positively associated with changes in the frequency of dysfunctional behaviours, but not with changes in cognition. Male caregivers more likely to report reduction in burden at follow-up. The data suggest medical interventions may provide relief to caregivers, but the causal agents of such effects require more research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001001 A |
| Classmark | E4: EA: EP: QNH: P6:SN: 49: 7S |
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