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- The study examines the relationship between caregiver burden (CB) and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) in Alzheimer's patients, using multiple linear regressions for analysis.
- Findings suggest that patients with more severe NPSs tend to have caregivers who experience greater burden, and this relationship is influenced by the caregivers' coping strategies.
- Specifically, higher levels of disengagement coping predict more severe NPSs, indicating that improving caregiver coping methods could inform treatment strategies to alleviate both caregiver stress and patient symptoms.
Article Abstract
This study was conducted to obtain data regarding the association of caregiver burden (CB) and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) in patients with Alzheimer's disease. We conducted a series of multiple linear regressions to determine the relationship between CB and NPSs and whether the caregiver coping strategies mediated this relationship. The NPSs were assessed using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and caregivers were evaluated with the Caregiver Burden Interview and the Inventory and the Coping Strategies Inventory. Results show that patients with more frequent and severe NPS were more likely to be cared for by more burdened caregivers, and this was partially mediated by caregiver coping strategies. More disengagement (β = .330,P< .001) and less engagement coping (β = -.347,P< .001) were predictors for NPS after adjusting for patient and caregiver characteristics. These results may be useful with a view to designing treatment interventions that aim to modify the use of caregiver coping strategies and to reduce NPSs.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10852959 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533317513518649 | DOI Listing |
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