ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Alterations in Caregivers of Persons With Dementia After 1-Year of COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- The Global Impact of COVID-19 Control Measures on People With Dementia Living at Home and Their Carers: A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Across 27 Countries.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
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- Profile and burden of the family caregiver: the caring experience in multiple sclerosis. An observational study.BMC psychology · 2024Observational
- Sleep and Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia: A Scoping Review.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Deepening Depression in Women Balancing Work-Life Responsibilities and Caregiving during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Gender-Specific Face-to-Face Street Interviews Conducted in Italy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Emotions, action strategies and expectations of health professionals and people with dementia regarding COVID-19 in different care settings in Switzerland: a mixed methods study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Psychological Well-Being of Caregivers of People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Quality of Life Predictors in a Group of Informal Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Coping Behaviors and Health Status during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Caregivers of Assisted Living Residents in Western Canada.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Article
- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Prevalence, Symptom Severity, and Caregiver Distress in South-Western Uganda-A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Mental Health of Poles during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The relationship between burden and caregiver's sleep disturbances in dementia: a systematic review.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2023Article
- Relationships between care burden, resilience, and depressive symptoms among the main family caregivers of stroke patients: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial isolation due to COVID-19 pandemic has an important psychological impact particularly in persons with dementia and their informal caregivers.
aimTo assess frequency and severity of long-term stress-related symptoms in caregivers of patients with dementia 1-year after the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic and to identify predictors of psychological outcomes.
methodsEighty-five caregivers were involved in a longitudinal study with 1-year follow-up during pandemic in Italy. At baseline in April 2020 a telephone interview assessed socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers and self-perception of distress symptoms. After 1 year, between March and April 2021, the same standardized interview was delivered to the caregivers' sample. In addition, scales assessing levels of depression and anxiety (DASS-21), sleep disturbances (PSQI) and coping strategies (COPE-NVI) were administered to the caregivers and to 50 age and sex-matched non-caregivers subjects. Linear regression analysis was performed to investigate the power of baseline variables to predict long-term psychological outcomes.
resultsAfter 1 year of pandemic frequency of caregivers' stress-related symptoms increased respect to baseline: depression (60 vs. 5, 9%; DISCUSSION: At 1 year follow-up caregivers of patients with dementia reported higher prevalence of all stress-related symptoms respect to the acute phase of lockdown, particularly depression. Long-lasting stressful conditions may cause exhaustion of resilience factors and increased depression. Planning interventions should support caregivers to enable them to continue with their role during pandemic.
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