Relationship status and depressive symptoms among older co-resident caregivers
Relationship status and depressive symptoms among older co-resident caregivers
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DOI：
10.1080/13607863.2013.837148
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发表时间：
2014-02-17
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Roll, Anat
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作者：
Litwin, Howard;Stoeckel, Kimberly J.;Roll, Anat
目的：非正式的照顾已被发现是负担，并与老年照顾者的抑郁症。当照顾者和被照顾者共同居住时，这些结果往往更加突出。目前的研究旨在探讨照顾者和照顾对象之间的关系的状态是否减轻了通常与非正式abnormaving.Methods的负面结果：本研究的重点是在第四波的健康老龄化和退休在欧洲，年龄在50岁或以上的人，收集在2011年的子样本的共同居民照顾者（N = 3280）。记录计数的抑郁症状，测量的欧洲-D量表，分层回归关系的状态，测量的关系类型和亲密度（知己）控制的社会人口背景，健康和country.Results：共同居民照顾者的配偶和子女经历了更多的抑郁症状比其他关系共同居民的双胞胎。然而，那些谁照顾知己经历了较少的抑郁症状，独立的关系type.Conclusions：提供非正式的护理是紧张的，结果在一个高度的经验，抑郁症状。尽管如此，照顾者和被照顾者之间关系的类型和亲密程度可以减轻照顾者的抑郁症。当非正式照顾者照顾知己时，情感纽带可能会减轻抑郁症状。
Objectives: Informal caregiving has been found to be burdensome and is associated with depression among older caregivers. These outcomes are often accentuated when caregivers and care recipients co-reside. The current study aims to examine whether the status of the relationship between caregiver and care recipient lessens the negative outcomes commonly associated with informal caregiving.Methods: The study focused on the subsample of co-resident caregivers (N = 3280) in the fourth wave of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe, of persons aged 50 or above, collected in 2011. A logged count of depressive symptoms, measured on the EURO-D scale, was hierarchically regressed on relationship status, measured as relationship type and closeness (confidant) controlling for sociodemographic background, health and country.Results: Co-resident caregivers of spouse and children experienced more depressive symptoms than other relationship co-resident caregiving dyads. However, those who cared for a confidant experienced fewer depressive symptoms, independent of the relationship type.Conclusions: The provision of informal care is stressful and results in a heightened experience of depressive symptoms. Nonetheless, the type and closeness of the relationship between the caregiver and the care recipient can lessen caregiver depression. When informal caregivers care for a confidant, the emotional bond may reduce the depressive symptoms.