Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
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DOI：
10.1080/01612840600840711
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发表时间：
2006-10-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Yeaworth, Rosalee
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作者：
Willette-Murphy, Karen;Todero, Catherine;Yeaworth, Rosalee
这项描述性研究检查了 37 名老年痴呆症配偶的照顾者的睡眠和心理健康变量，并与 37 名年龄匹配的对照组进行了比较。检查了选定的护理变量（行为问题、护理时间和护理年限）、负担评估、过去一周自我报告的睡眠效率和心理健康结果之间的关系。拉扎勒斯和福克曼的压力和应对框架指导了这项研究。护理人员的心理健康和睡眠状况较差。护理和负担变量评估对心理健康有直接和间接的影响。然而，护理和负担变量的评估对于预测睡眠效率并不重要。在这个妻子照顾者样本中，睡眠效率是心理健康的良好预测指标。
This descriptive study examined sleep and mental health variables in 37 older wife caregivers for spouses with dementia compared to 37 age-matched controls. The relationships among selected caregiving variables (behavioral problems, caregiving hours, and years of caregiving), appraisal of burden, self-reported sleep efficiency for the past week, and mental health outcomes were examined. Lazarus and Folkman's stress and coping framework guided the study. Mental health and sleep were poorer for caregivers. Caregiving and appraisal of burden variables showed direct and indirect effects on mental health. However, caregiving and appraisal of burden variables were not significant for predicting sleep efficiency. Sleep efficiency was a good predictor of mental health in this sample of wife caregivers.