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| Clinical diagnoses and disability of cognitively impaired older persons as predictors of stress in their carers | | Author(s) | John S Cullen, David A Grayson, Anthony F Jorm |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 10, October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1019-1028 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Diagnosis ; Physical disabilities ; Family care ; Stress ; Correlation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Aspects of the caring relationship are often promoted as more important than the clinical features of the care recipient in predicting caregiver well-being. However, studies of consequences of caring for cognitively impaired people seldom include detailed measures of the diagnostic profile and disability of the care recipient. 90 Australian community-living older people with cognitive impairment were clinically assessed for severity on a range of illnesses. Their disability was examined via informant reports. Informants (88% were primary carers) provided information on the behaviour and personality of the subject and reports of their own (informant) well-being. Using multiple regression, features of the subjects' clinical profile were examined as predictors of informant well-being. Subjects' clinical characteristics, particularly disability and disturbed behaviour, were strong predictors of caregiver well-being, accounting for most of the explained variance. Few sociodemographic, caregiver or relationship variables examined had any influence on caregiver outcome measures. Exceptions were caregiver time demands, older subject age, and self-identification as primary carer. Co-residence was not associated with caregiver distress. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001208 A |
| Classmark | E4: LK7: BN: P6:SJ: QNH: 49: 7YA |
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