Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers.
Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers.
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DOI：
10.1159/000444390
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发表时间：
2016-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Resnick HE
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作者：
Lathan C;Wallace AS;Shewbridge R;Ng N;Morrison G;Resnick HE
许多因素影响照顾者的认知健康，进而影响他们提供照顾的能力。本研究旨在探讨失智症照顾者的社会心理因素与认知表现之间的关系，并建立一个虚拟的照顾者队列，为未来的研究。527照顾者的数据收集通过基于Web的调查，评估认知性能。护理人员的数据进行了比较，相应的数据从527年龄，种族，性别和教育相匹配的控制从一个规范的数据库。护理人员自我报告的睡眠，压力，健康和社会支持也进行了评估。照顾者在5个认知子测试中的3个上的表现明显差于对照组。压力、睡眠、感知支持、自评健康、工作年限、种族和性别是认知表现的重要预测因素。在痴呆症照顾者的这个样本中，心理社会因素以复杂的方式相互作用，影响认知表现。需要进一步的调查，以更好地了解这些因素如何影响照顾者的认知表现。这可以通过建立一个虚拟群组来实现，该群组促进数字化工具的开发，以帮助护理人员有效发挥其护理作用的方式，支持对护理人员需求的评估和管理。
Many factors impact caregivers’ cognitive health and, by extension, their ability to provide care. This study examined the relationship between psychosocial factors and cognitive performance among dementia caregivers and established a virtual cohort of caregivers for future research. Data on 527 caregivers were collected via a Web-based survey that assessed cognitive performance. Caregiver data were compared to corresponding data from 527 age-, race-, gender-, and education-matched controls from a normative database. Caregiver self-reported sleep, stress, health, and social support were also assessed. Caregivers performed significantly worse than controls on 3 of 5 cognitive subtests. Stress, sleep, perceived support, self-rated health, years of caregiving, race, and gender were significant predictors of cognitive performance. In this sample of dementia caregivers, psychosocial factors interacted in complex ways to impact cognitive performance. Further investigation is needed to better understand how these factors affect cognitive performance among caregivers. This could be accomplished by the establishment of a virtual cohort that facilitates the development of digital tools to support the evaluation and management of caregiver needs in a manner that helps them remain effective in their caregiving roles.