Journal
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 871-887Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307308568
Keywords
caregivers; dementia; stress; health costs
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH59027] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: The authors examine the impact of two caregiving stressors, cafe receivers' behavior problems (an objective stressor) and caregivers' feelings of overload (a subjective stressor), on three dimensions of caregiver health. Method: The participants were 234 primary caregivers of elderly relatives with dementia living, in the community who completed a comprehensive interview about their Current care situation, including stressors and health. Results: Higher levels of both objective and subjective stressors were associated with all three dimensions of caregiver health: poorer self-reported health, more, negative health behaviors, and greater use of health care services. The association between objective stressors and health was mediated by caregivers' feelings of overload. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate caregivers' vulnerability to the effects of stressors across three dimensions of health and also underscore the importance of subjective appraisals of stress.
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