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标题：Poor caregiver mental health predicts mortality of patients with neurodegenerative disease
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作者：Sandy J. Lwi ; Brett Q. Ford ; James J. Casey 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2017
卷号：114
期号：28
页码：7319-7324
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1701597114
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases cause profound declines in functioning; thus, many patients require caregivers for assistance with daily living. Patients differ greatly in how long they live after disease onset, with the nature and severity of the disease playing an important role. Caregiving can also be extremely stressful, and many caregivers experience declines in mental health. In this study, we investigated the role that caregiver mental health plays in patient mortality. In 176 patient–caregiver dyads, we found that worse caregiver mental health predicted greater patient mortality even when accounting for key risk factors in patients (i.e., diagnosis, age, sex, dementia severity, and patient mental health). These findings highlight the importance of caring for caregivers as well as patients when attempting to improve patients’ lives.
关键词：neurodegenerative disease ; dementia caregiving ; mental health ; mortality