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Impact of Alzheimer disease patients' sleep disturbances on their caregivers

Journal

GERIATRIC NURSING
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 60-65

Publisher

MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.06.003

Keywords

Dementia; Wandering; Depression; Quality of life; Burden

Funding

  1. National Institutes of Health [NIA K23 AG01021, NIA P30-AG-010124, T32-HL07713]
  2. NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [T32HL007713] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
  3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [P30AG010124, K23AG001021] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER

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Sleep disturbance symptoms are common in persons living with Alzheimer disease (AD). However little is known about the impact of sleep disturbance symptoms in patients living with AD on caregiver burden and quality of life (QOL). The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of symptoms of disturbed sleep in patients with AD, identify the care-recipient sleep disturbance symptoms that predict caregiver burden and QoL, and determine how care-recipient sleep disturbance symptoms compare to other caregiver and patient characteristics when predicting caregiver QoL. Caregiver burden was assessed using the Screen for Caregiver Burden. Sixty percent of the care-recipients had at least one sleep symptom. In 130 caregiver/patient dyads, nocturnal awakenings, nocturnal wandering, and snoring predicted caregiver burden. Multivariate modeling demonstrated that caregiver burden, caregiver physical and mental health, and caregiver depression were predictors of overall caregiver QoL. Treating disturbed sleep in care-recipients and caregiver mental health symptoms could have important public health impact by improving the lives of the caregiving dyad. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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