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- * Researchers analyzed data from 272 PLWD and their caregivers, finding that caregiver upset with NPS mediates the relationship between pain in PLWD and the burden felt by caregivers.
- * The results indicate that addressing pain and NPS can significantly alleviate caregiver burden, presenting an opportunity to improve the quality of life for both PLWD and their caregivers.
Article Abstract
Objectives: Unresolved pain is related to neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in persons living with dementia (PLWD), and an increase in NPS is distressing for PLWD and their caregivers. Hence, we examined whether pain in PLWD was related to caregiver burden and whether caregiver upset with NPS mediated this relationship.
Method: We examined, cross-sectionally, the relationships among pain in PLWD, caregiver burden, and upset with NPS. Data from 272 PLWD and their caregivers who participated in the Advancing Caregiver Training (ACT) trial were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM).
Results: Model fit was satisfactory, and caregiver upset with NPS fully mediated the association between pain in PLWD and caregiver burden.
Conclusion: Caregiver upset with NPS helps explain the relationship between pain in PLWD and burden in their caregivers. Pain and NPS are amenable to modification, as is caregiver burden, suggesting great opportunity to impact the lives of PLWD and their caregivers.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832466 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.01.007 | DOI Listing |
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