Sleep in Spousal Alzheimer Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study with a Focus on the Effects of Major Patient Transitions on Sleep
Author(s) -
Roland von Känel,
Brent T. Mausbach,
Sonia AncoliIsrael,
Joel E. Dimsdale,
Paul J. Mills,
Thomas L. Patterson,
Michael G. Ziegler,
Susan K. Roepke,
Elizabeth A. Chattillion,
Matthew Allison,
Igor Grant
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1632
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , longitudinal study , focus (optics) , alzheimer's disease , psychology , medicine , longitudinal data , gerontology , disease , pathology , sociology , computer science , operating system , physics , demography , optics
Findings on sleep disturbances in family dementia caregivers are conflicting. We studied the longitudinal effects of dementia caregiving and major transitions in the caregiving situation on caregivers' sleep and the effect of moderating variables.
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