Relationships of cognitions associated with coping reactions to depression in spousal caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients

Coppel, David B.; Burton, Catherine L.; Becker, Joseph; Fiore, Joan

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“…The results are in broad agreement with those reported by Page1 et al (1985) and Coppel et al (1985). The main difference, however, is the lack of correlation between depression and the perceived stability and globality of the caregivers' stressful situation if the behavioural problems of the dementia sufferer are partialled out.…”

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“…(1985) and Coppel et al (1985). Each dimension was assessed in relation to the specific context of the caregiver.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite the importance of adopting appropriate coping strategies, there have been few direct attempts to investigate their association with caregiver psychological adjustment. Recently, Pagel, Becker & Coppel (1985) and Coppel, Burton, Becker & Fiore (1985) reported a study of cognitions and coping responses that might be associated with the caregivers' vulnerability to depression. The study explored the self-evaluations and expectancies concerning coping reactions within the theoretical framework developed by Wortman & Dintzer (1978) and by Hammen & deMayo (1982).…”

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Cognitive style and perceived control in spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers

Morris

Britton

1989

British Journal of Medical Psychology

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The study investigated the cognitive style and perception of control in co-resident spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers and their association with psychological adjustment. Depression and strain were significantly correlated with the caregivers' perception that the stress they were experiencing would continue and the expectation that it would affect all areas of their lives. However, the correlations between these factors and depression were no longer significant after partialling out the caregivers' rating of the behavioural disabilities and disturbances of the dementia sufferer. Depression and strain were significantly correlated with the caregivers' perceived lack of control over their own emotional reaction and over the dementia suffers' behaviour.

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“…(1985) and Coppel et al (1985). Each dimension was assessed in relation to the specific context of the caregiver.…”

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Cognitive style and perceived control in spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers

Morris

Britton

1989

British Journal of Medical Psychology

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“…The reliably elevated rates of major depression found across studies of care givers (Cohen & Eisdorfer, 1988;Coppel et al, 1985;Gallagher et al, 1989) are significantly in excess of population base rates for older adults (Blazer et air 1987), and provide convergent evi-dence that dementia care giving may elicit episodes of major depression even when no personal or family history of depression is present.…”

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Chronic stress and depressive disorders in older adults.

Dura¹,

Stukenberg²,

Kiecolt‐Glaser³

1990

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Current and lifetime rates of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (rev. 3rd ed.) disorders were compared in 86 older adults caring for a spouse with a progressive dementia and 86 sociodemographically matched control subjects. Dementia caregivers were significantly more dysphorie than noncare givers. The frequencies of depressive disorders did not differ between groups in the years before care giving, and there were no group differences in first-degree relatives' incidence of psychiatric disorder. During the years they had been providing care, 30% of care givers experienced a depressive disorder (major depression, dysthymia, or depression not otherwise specified) versus 1% of their matched controls in the same time period. Only two care givers who met criteria during care giving had met criteria for a depressive disorder before care giving, and family history was not even weakly related to the identification of at-risk care givers. In contrast to these group differences in depressive disorders, there were no significant differences in other Axis I disorders either before or during care giving. Thus, the chronic strains of care giving appear to be linked to the onset of depressive disorders in older adults with no prior evidence of vulnerability.

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“…Various studies reported that 40%-83% of caregivers for dementia patients met the criteria for depressive disorders [8][9][10]. However, few studies on the prevalence of depression in caregivers for the disabled Reprint requests to: Yoshie Yokoyama, Department of Public Health, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377, Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama city, Osaka 589, Japan elderly have been done using population data in Japan.…”

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Depressive states and health problems in caregivers of the disabled elderly at home

Yokoyama

Shimizu

Hayakawa

1997

Environ Health Prev Med

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This study investigated the prevalence of depression and health problems in caregivers for the disabled elderly at home, and identified factors associated with the risk of depression. Four hundred thirty-four caregivers for disabled elderly persons in a suburban city were surveyed by in-home interviews. Two hundred ten non-caregivers were also interviewed as an age and gender-matched control group. Overall, 16.8% of caregivers met the DSM-III-R criteria for major depression and 10.6% met the criteria for depressive disorders not otherwise specified, for a total of 27.4% meeting the criteria for affective disorders, while 8.6% of controls met the criteria for depressive disorders not otherwise specified. The prevalence of major depression in caregivers was associated with mental problems and ADL limitations of the elderly. Moreover, non-cooperation by other family members or relatives contributed to an increase in the prevalence of depression. Caregivers who met the criteria for major depression had a higher frequency and longer duration of upper respiratory infections than other caregivers or controls, and showed greater fatigue than the other caregivers or controls. Approximately 90% of caregivers who met the criteria for major depression had also insomnia. Overall, it was shown that caregivers who met the criteria for major depressin had not only emotional distress but also higher morbidity.

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Relationships of cognitions associated with coping reactions to depression in spousal caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients

Cited by 78 publications

References 11 publications

Cognitive style and perceived control in spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers

Cognitive style and perceived control in spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers

Chronic stress and depressive disorders in older adults.

Depressive states and health problems in caregivers of the disabled elderly at home

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