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OBJECTIVES:To investigate informal caregivers' psychological well-being and predicted increase in psychological well-being, when caring for persons with dementia (PwDs) living at home, related to caregiver, PwD and formal care (FC) factors. METHOD:A cohort study at baseline and 3 months' follow-up in eight European countries. Caregivers included (n = 1223) were caring for PwDs aged ≥ 65 years at home. Data on caregivers, PwDs and FC were collected using standardized instruments. Regression analysis of factors associated with caregiver psychological well-being at baseline and 3 months later was performed. RESULTS:Factors associated with caregiver psychological well-being at baseline were positive experience of caregiving, low caregiver burden, high quality of life (QoL) for caregivers, male gender of PwD, high QoL of PwD, few neuropsychiatric symptoms and depressive symptoms for the PwD. At follow-up, caregivers with increased psychological well-being experienced of quality of care (QoC) higher and were more often using dementia specific service. Predicting factors for caregivers' increased psychological well-being were less caregiver burden, positive experience of caregiving, less supervision of the PwD and higher caregiver QoL, if PwD were male, had higher QoL and less neuropsychiatric symptoms. Furthermore, higher QoC predicted increased caregivers' psychological well-being. CONCLUSION:Informal caregiving for PwDs living at home is a complex task. Our study shows that caregivers' psychological well-being was associated with, among other things, less caregiver burden and higher QoL. Professionals should be aware of PwD neuropsychiatric symptoms that might affect caregivers' psychological well-being, and provide proper care and treatment for caregivers and PwDs.
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Aging Ment Healthjournal_title
Aging & mental healthauthors
Lethin C,Renom-Guiteras A,Zwakhalen S,Soto-Martin M,Saks K,Zabalegui A,Challis DJ,Nilsson C,Karlsson Sdoi
10.1080/13607863.2016.1211621subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-11-01 00:00:00pages
1138-1146issue
11eissn
1360-7863issn
1364-6915journal_volume
21pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Objectives: Emerging evidence suggests that social networks may protect against the development of dementia among older adults. In this study we analysed the association between social networks, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele, and dementia. We also investigated whether there were gender-specific patterns in thi...
journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2018.1531368
更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This paper reports on the evaluation of the Enriched Opportunities Programme in improving well-being, diversity of activity, health, and staff practice in nursing home care for people with dementia. Participants were 127 residents with a diagnosis of dementia or enduring mental health problems in three specialist nurs...
journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607860600963679
更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2013.790927
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Little is known about the prevalence of dementia and its associated risk factors in developing countries. Some studies suggest that the prevalence of dementia is lower in developing countries than it is in high-income nations. We sought to determine risk factors for dementia in elderly persons in central Nigeria. Usin...
journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607860600736182
更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2019.1695738
更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study examines how individual patient characteristics predict substance abuse treatment initiation among older adults, in an investigation based on the behavioral health service use model. Analyses tested the impact of demographic factors, substance abuse symptoms, depression and cognitive status on subsequent tr...
journal_title：Aging & mental health
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doi：10.1080/13607860410001709692
更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1080/13607863.2015.1114587
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2012.702725
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2018.1531382
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更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607860802607306
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2016.1209734
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2019.1619167
更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The WM training protocol proposed by Borella et al. found specific and transfer effects among seniors, however, the studies were carried out in the same socio-cultural context and variations in the procedure were never tested. The present study aimed at analyzing the efficacy of Borella et al.'s training, in terms of ...
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pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607860310001613356
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1080/13607863.2018.1441263
更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1080/13607860600963547
更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
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更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607860701368463
更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2020.1753015
更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2018.1496225
更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most prevalent anxiety disorders in older adults, very little is known about the neurobiology of worry, the hallmark symptom of GAD in adults over the age of 60. This study investigated the neurobiology and neural circuitry of worry in older GAD patie...
journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2015.1109058
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607863.2016.1206512
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1080/13607860902860912
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging & mental health
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
