Impact of COVID-19 on Dementia Caregivers and Factors Associated With their Anxiety Symptoms.

IF 2.7 4区医学 Q2 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1177/15333175211008768

Yeji Hwang, LaShauna M Connell, Anjali R Rajpara, Nancy A Hodgson

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Abstract

Little is known about the family experience of caregiving for persons living with dementia (PLWD) at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of COVID-19 on concerns of current family caregivers of PLWD. Study participants were recruited from the parent study, Healthy Patterns Clinical Trial (NCT03682185). Data was collected from 34 caregivers via semi-structured telephone interviews. Over 70% of the study participants reported worrying about spreading COVID-19 to the PLWD, 41% reported they had taken on additional caregiving duties for others in their family since COVID-19, and 62% reported one or more anxiety symptoms. Dementia caregivers who reported anxiety symptoms reported lower scores on functional independence of their care recipients compared to dementia caregivers who did not report anxiety symptoms (p=0.036). Health care professionals should be alert to the concerns expressed by dementia caregivers for their well-being during this unprecedented pandemic.

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COVID-19 对痴呆症照护者的影响及其焦虑症状的相关因素。

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，人们对痴呆症患者（PLWD）的家庭护理经验知之甚少。本研究的目的是探讨 COVID-19 对目前照顾痴呆症患者的家庭的影响。研究参与者是从母研究 "健康模式临床试验"（NCT03682185）中招募的。通过半结构化电话访谈收集了 34 位照顾者的数据。超过 70% 的研究参与者表示担心将 COVID-19 传染给 PLWD，41% 的研究参与者表示自 COVID-19 以来他们承担了更多照顾家人的责任，62% 的研究参与者表示出现了一种或多种焦虑症状。与未报告焦虑症状的痴呆症照护者相比，报告焦虑症状的痴呆症照护者在其照护对象的功能独立性方面得分较低（P=0.036）。在这场史无前例的大流行中，医护人员应警惕痴呆症照护者对自身健康的担忧。

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American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY-CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

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期刊介绍： American Journal of Alzheimer''s Disease and other Dementias® (AJADD) is for professionals on the frontlines of Alzheimer''s care, dementia, and clinical depression--especially physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, administrators, and other healthcare specialists who manage patients with dementias and their families. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).