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Trial reportAging & mental health2024

Mediating role of care partner burden among dementia care partners during post-hospital transition.

Ashley Kuzmik, Irene Best, Azza Mubarak Al Harrasi, Marie Boltz

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Aging & mental health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03046121 (Reducing Disability Via a Family-centered Intervention for Acutely-ill Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT03046121 nacompletednot on this map

Reducing Disability Via a Family-centered Intervention for Acutely-ill Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

TypeinterventionalSponsorPenn State UniversityRan2017 to 2023Enrolled461ConditionsAlzheimer DiseaseArmsFamily-centered Function-focused Care (Fam-FFC)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Dementia Care Partner Health Literacy as a Mediator Between Education and Burden at Hospital Discharge.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ashley KuzmikRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Irene BestRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Azza Mubarak Al HarrasiRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Marie BoltzRoss and Carol Nese College of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.

Funding

Reducing Disability via a Family-centered Intervention for Acutely-ill Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasR01AG054425 · NIA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI BOLTZ, MARIE · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study examined the mediating role of care partner burden on the relationship between patient clinical factors (i.e. cognition, physical function, and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia [BPSD]) and care partner mental health (i.e. anxiety and depression) among dementia care partners at hospital discharge.

methodThe sample consisted of 431 patient and care partner dyads enrolled in the Family centered Function-focused Care (Fam-FFC) study; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT03046121. Mediation analyses were conducted to test the role of care partner burden on the associations between patient clinical factors, and care partner anxiety and depression.

resultsMediation models demonstrated that care partner burden partially mediated the relationship between patient physical function and care partner anxiety and depression, as well as patient BPSD and care partner anxiety and depression.

conclusionFindings highlight the need for clinicians and service providers to implement comprehensive strategies that address both patient clinical factors (i.e. physical function and BPSD) and care partner burden, to optimize care partner mental health outcomes during post-hospital transition.

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AnxietyCaregiver BurdenDementiaDepressionAgedAged, 80 and overCaregiversFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Dischargeburdencare partnerDementiahospital dischargemental Health

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PMID38915264
PMCPMC11560607

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