ArticleResearch in human development2020
Early Cognitive Decline and its Impact on Spouse's Loneliness.
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- The Impact of Dementia Caregiving on the Health of the Spousal Caregiver.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Living with a person with young onset dementia - spousal experience.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Who's Worried? Memory, Worries About Dementia, and Marital Strain in Midlife Same- and Different-Sex Marriages: A Dyadic Perspective.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- In sickness and in health: Loneliness, depression, and the role of marital quality among spouses of persons with dementia.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Actor and Partner Effect of Loneliness on Episodic Memory and Verbal Fluency: A Dyadic Multilevel Analysis of Romantic Couples Across 28 Countries.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Loneliness in Older Indian Dyads.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cognitive Impairment and the Trajectory of Loneliness in Older Adulthood: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.Journal of aging and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundLoneliness is common in dementia caregivers as cognitive impairment (CI) alters marital and social relationships. Unexplored is how an individual's loneliness is affected at earlier, more ambiguous, periods of their spouse's CI.
methodsUsing the Health and Retirement Study, our study participants included 2,206 coupled individuals with normal cognitive function at the 2006/8 baseline. Loneliness outcomes at baseline, 4-year and 8-year follow-up are assessed by the status of transition to cognitive impairment no dementia (TCIND) (2010/12 & 2014/16) using linear mixed models.
resultsIndividual's loneliness was stable when their spouse's cognition remained normal, but increased with the spouse's TCIND. The increase in loneliness did not vary by gender.
conclusionsLoneliness, a key risk factor for reduced life quality and increased depression, increases even at early stages of a partner's CIND. This work suggests the potential impact of early intervention and social support for partners of individuals with CIND.
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