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Risk factors for stress in elderly caregivers
Author(s) -
Draper Brian M.,
Poulos Roslyn G.,
Poulos Christopher J.,
Ehrlich Frederick
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199603)11:3<227::aid-gps311>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - spouse , dementia , mood , caregiver burden , quality of life (healthcare) , caregiver stress , gerontology , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , disease , nursing , sociology , anthropology
This cross‐sectional study examined 99 elderly coresident stroke and dementia caregivers who had been in the caregiving role for at least 6 months, to identify risk factors for subjective burden and psychological morbidity. A worsening in the quality of relationship between the caregiver and patient, being a spouse, shorter length of caregiving, poor caregiver self‐rated health, greater physical disability and behaviour/mood disturbance in the patient were found to be risk factors for burden. For psychological morbidity, risk factors also included behaviour/mood disturbance as well as female gender and low participation in life activities. These results demonstrate the multifactorial nature of caregiver stress in the elderly.
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