Journal article
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREGIVERS’ NEGATIVE COMMUNICATION, DEPRESSION, AND BURDEN
Innovation in aging, v 2(Suppl 1), pp 76-76
11 Nov 2018
Abstract
Caregivers’ increased burden and depression are associated with negative health outcomes in both caregivers and persons living with dementia. Caregiver-reported negative communication may contribute to increased burden and depression in caregivers. In this symposium, we examined the relationship between caregivers’ negative communication, depression and burden using baseline data from the Dementia Behavior Study, a randomized trial of 250 dyads of persons with dementia and their caregivers using Pearson’s correlations and linear regression. Worse caregiver negative communication was associated with increased depression (r=0.348, p<0.01) and greater burden (0.456, p<0.01). Furthermore, negative communication significantly predicted caregiver depression (F(12,230)=6.378, p<0.000, R2=0.250) and burden (F(12,231)=12.620, p<0.000, R2=0.396) controlling for key care recipient and caregiver characteristics. Our results suggest that greater negative communication contributes to increased caregiver depression and burden. Future studies should explore ways to improve negative communication and additional impact negative communication may have on caregiver and care recipient health outcome
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- Title
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREGIVERS’ NEGATIVE COMMUNICATION, DEPRESSION, AND BURDEN
- Creators
- D V Petrovsky - New York UniversityN A Hodgson - Drexel UniversityL N Gitlin - New York University, New York, New York, United States University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Publication Details
- Innovation in aging, v 2(Suppl 1), pp 76-76
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Doctoral Nursing; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991020111975304721