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ArticleJournal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology2024

Burden and Depression among Empirically-Derived Subgroups of Family Caregivers for Individuals With Dementia.

Nina Ahmad, Zachary J Kunicki, Ellen Tambor, Gary Epstein-Lubow, Geoffrey Tremont

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Article in Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nina AhmadDepartment of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
Zachary J KunickiDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3466-7589
Ellen TamborEducation Development Center, Waltham, MA, USA.
Gary Epstein-LubowDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Geoffrey TremontDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Brown University · USEducation Development Center · USProvidence College · USTufts University · US

Funding

Training Core (I)U54AG063546 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Andrea L Gilmore-Bykovskyi · 2019 to 2026
$125.9M
Psychosocial Telephone Intervention for Dementia CaregiversR01NR010559 · NINR · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI TREMONT, GEOFFREY N · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS U54 AG063546NINR NIH HHS R01 NR010559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dementia caregiving experiences are not universal and different factors may influence the risk for burden and depression. This study examined factors such as the relationship with the care recipient, severity of dementia, and relationship satisfaction to uncover different types of caregiver burden profiles using baseline assessment for a telephone-based intervention study for dementia caregivers. Participants (n = 233) completed a battery of psychological and caregiving related surveys. The sample was predominantly White and female. Latent class analysis suggested four class models in subsamples of spousal caregivers and adult children caregivers. The results suggested four distinct classes among samples of spousal and adult child caregivers. Differences in burden emerged across both spouses and adult children, and differences in depression also emerged in the spousal sample. Our findings demonstrate the diversity of the caregiving experience and suggest that future psychosocial interventions may benefit from being tailored to the needs of caregiver subgroups.

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CaregiversDementiaCaregiver BurdenDepressionFemaleHumansSpousescaregiver burdendementiaepression

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PMID37551824
PMCPMC10840657
OpenAlexW4385664639

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