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[P3–496]: INFORMAL SOCIAL SUPPORT, STRESS, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG SPOUSAL DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS AGED 60 YEARS AND OVER IN THE UNITED STATES
Author(s) -
Kwon Soonhyung
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1715
Subject(s) - spouse , social support , depressive symptoms , dementia , stressor , psychology , clinical psychology , family caregivers , affect (linguistics) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , anxiety , disease , psychotherapist , communication , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
than 5 hours/day with the patient, 23 (31,5%) 5 to 10 hours, 2 (2,7%) 11 to 15 hours and 39 (53,5%) more than 15 hours. Cognition: 10 (13,6%) patients presented severe, 26 (35,6%) moderate and 37 (50,8%) mild cognitive impairment. Presented low quality of life 3 (33,3%) family caregivers spending less than 5 hours/ day with the patient, 12 (52,1%) of the 5-10 hours group, 1 (50%) of the 11-15 hours group and 24 (61,5%) of the more than 15 hours group. Also presented low quality of life 6 (60%) family caregivers managing severe cognitive impairment, 17 (65,3%) of the moderate group and 16 (43,2%) of the mild group. Conclusions: The family caregivers spending more than 15 hours/day with the patient are the most vulnerable to negative impacts on their quality of life, nevertheless the 5 -10 hours and 11-15 hours groups are also with a significant vulnerability. The vulnerability correlated to the MMSE is even more noticeable for the family caregivers managing moderate to severe cognitive impairment.