DEMENTIA AND CANCER - A COMPARISON OF SPOUSE CAREGIVERS
DEMENTIA AND CANCER - A COMPARISON OF SPOUSE CAREGIVERS
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/33.4.534
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发表时间：
1993-08-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
GEORGE, LK
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作者：
CLIPP, EC;GEORGE, LK
痴呆症护理研究中出现的突出主题是否可以外推到患有其他慢性疾病（如癌症）的护理人员身上？为了回答这个问题，本研究比较了272名痴呆症患者的配偶照顾者和30名癌症患者的配偶照顾者的多项幸福指标。使用方差分析的组对比显示，痴呆症护理人员比癌症护理人员受其角色的不利影响更大。疾病持续时间和照顾者的就业状况无助于解释这种差异，但照顾者年龄是一个稳健的协变量。具体来说，年轻的配偶照顾者比年长的配偶照顾者更容易妥协。
Can prominent themes that have emerged in dementia caregiving research be extrapolated to caregivers of persons with other chronic illnesses such as cancer? To answer this question, the present study compared 272 spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers with 30 spouse caregivers of cancer victims on multiple indicators of well-being. Group contrasts using MANOVA revealed that dementia caregivers were more adversely affected by their role than cancer caregivers. Illness duration and caregivers' employment status did not help to explain this difference, yet caregiver age was a robust covariate. Specifically, younger spouse caregivers were significantly more compromised than older spouse providers.