Association of life events and psychological distress in family caregivers of dementia patients |
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Authors: | Owen J E Roth D L Stevens A B McCarty H J Clay O J Wadley V G Goode K T Haley W E |
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Affiliation: | The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham 35294-0022, USA. |
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Abstract: | Relationships between life events and psychological distress were investigated for 197 dementia caregivers and 218 non-caregivers. Participants indicated which events on the Louisville Older Persons Events Scale they had experienced over the past six months. Life events were then classified as associated or unassociated with care-giving using differences in incidence rates between caregivers and non-caregivers. Primary care-giving stressors and associated life events were most predictive of psychological distress among caregivers. Among non-caregivers, unassociated negative life events were the strongest predictors of depression and life satisfaction. Implications for the assessment of life events and caregiver interventions are discussed. |
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