Comparing the Effects of Grief and Burden on Caregiver Depression in Dementia Caregiving: A Longitudinal Path Analysis over 2.5  Years

Caregivers of persons with dementia can experience loss and grief long before the death of the person. Although the phenomenon of caregiver grief has been increasingly described, it is uncertain if caregiver grief has independent effects —separate from the well-studied construct of caregiver burden—on adverse outcomes such as caregiver depression. We sought to compare the effects of baseline grief and burden on caregiver depression at baseline and 2.5 years later.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - January 25, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Tau Ming Liew, Bee Choo Tai, Philip Yap, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh Tags: Original Study Source Type: research