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| Sleep complaints in older women who are family caregivers | | Author(s) | Sara Wilcox, Abby C King |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 3, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp P189-198 |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Older women ; Family care ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Providing care to a family member with dementia has significant psychological and physical consequences. Sleep quality is likely to be affected by caregiving, yet this has received little empirical study. In this study, sleep complaints were examined in 90 older women who were family caregivers of adults with dementia. Caregivers reported more sleep complaints than similarly older healthy adults on all seven components of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and a similar level of sleep complaints to those of sleep-impaired women and depressives on 6 and 4 components, respectively. Sleep medication was used by 38% of caregivers in the past month. The most common sleep complaints occurring at least weekly were: waking up in the night or early morning (84%), bathroom needs (83%), and sleep onset difficulties (41%). Night-time care recipient disruption occurred 3 or more times a week for 60% of the caregiver sample. Caregiver relationship and care recipient diagnosis were unrelated to sleep complaints. Lower levels of education, less internalised anger, care recipient disruptions, and psychological distress were related to poorer overall sleep quality. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826227 A |
| Classmark | CTS: BD: P6:SJ: 3F: 7T |
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