期刊
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
卷 18, 期 4, 页码 534-551出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264306289620
关键词
burden; strain; role captivity; dementia; problematic behavior
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [R03 AG22195, R01 AG18037, R01 AG018037] Funding Source: Medline
Objectives: Caregiving for older adults is stressful; however, by treating caregivers as a homogenous group, it is possible that stress-related factors are misrepresented for some. This study of 349 elderly caregivers explored mediators of the caregiving/stress relationship for caregivers to adults with (n = 106), and without (n = 243) dementia. Methods: The sample was from the Caregiver Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (CG-SOF), ancillary to SOF, a four-site cohort of 9,704 women.. Results: Stress was higher (p < .001) in dementia than nondementia caregivers (m = 19.85; 16.45). For caregivers overall, intensity and recipient problems were associated with stress but mediated through role captivity. However, relationships differed when stratified by recipient dementia status: Only recipient problems among nondementia caregivers was mediated through captivity. Discussion: Results confirm previous findings of lower stress among nondementia caregivers and suggest that different factors influence caregivers' appraisal of the situation, including their perception of stress, based on recipients' dementia status.
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