Do Behavioral Disturbances in Persons With Alzheimer's Disease Predict Caregiver Depression Over Time?

Random effects models were used to examine the association between behavioral disturbances in persons with Alzheimer's disease ( N = 90) and caregiver depressive symptoms at 2-month intervals over an 18-month period. There was substantial variability in trajectories of change in caregiver depre...

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Published in:Psychology and aging 2004-03, Vol.19 (1), p.198-202
Main Authors: Danhauer, Suzanne C, McCann, Judith J, Gilley, David W, Beckett, Laurel A, Bienias, Julia L, Evans, Denis A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease - psychology
Alzheimer's Disease
Behavior
Behavior Disorders
Behavioural changes
Biological and medical sciences
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Carers
Dementia
Depression
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Elderly people
Family environment. Family history
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Human
Humans
Longitudinal studies
Major Depression
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - etiology
Middle Aged
Predictors
Prospective Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Symptoms
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Summary:Random effects models were used to examine the association between behavioral disturbances in persons with Alzheimer's disease ( N = 90) and caregiver depressive symptoms at 2-month intervals over an 18-month period. There was substantial variability in trajectories of change in caregiver depressive symptoms over time but no systematic increase in distress despite increased severity of dementia symptoms. Total behavioral disturbances were associated with higher levels of caregiver depressive symptoms; this effect was primarily attributable to aggressive behaviors. No consistent departure from linearity was evident in the relationship between behavior and depression over time.
ISSN:0882-7974
1939-1498
DOI:10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.198