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Correlates of Informal Caregiver Distress in Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis.
- Source :
- Clinical Gerontologist; Mar/Apr2011, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p117-131, 15p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Informal caregivers, mainly family members, of persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) are usually burdened with quite different loads of stress. Over the past decade, there is no consistent outcome on the association between characteristics of caregivers and patients (as stress sources), and caregiver distress. This meta-analysis integrated findings from 10 studies on the correlates of caregiver distress in terms of depressive symptoms, burden, as well as stress induced by the caregiving role. The results showed that motor symptoms of patients with PD had the strongest relationship with caregiver distress. Increased motor symptoms and higher dependency in activities of daily living showed the highest effect sizes on caregiver distress (|r| = .42 -.43) than did patients' higher level of depression (r = .37), more advanced disease stage (r = .33), longer duration of disease (r = .31), as well as poorer cognitive functioning level (|r|= .28). Among the characteristics of caregivers, only intensity of caregiving was significantly related to higher caregiver distress (r = .46). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FAMILIES & psychology
AGE factors in disease
ANALYSIS of variance
MEDICAL care
SICK people
CAREGIVERS
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
COGNITION
MENTAL depression
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
LIFE skills
MEDLINE
META-analysis
MOTOR ability
PARKINSON'S disease
PROBABILITY theory
ACTIVITIES of daily living
FAMILY roles
BURDEN of care
CROSS-sectional method
SEVERITY of illness index
SYMPTOMS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07317115
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Gerontologist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58618986
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2011.539521