Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

Karen Willette-Murphy; Catherine Todero; Rosalee Yeaworth

doi:10.1080/01612840600840711

Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

Karen Willette-Murphy, Catherine Todero, Rosalee Yeaworth

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Abstract

This descriptive study examined sleep and mental health variables in 37 older wife caregivers for spouses with dementia compared to 37 age-matched controls. The relationships among selected caregiving variables (behavioral problems, caregiving hours, and years of caregiving), appraisal of burden, self-reported sleep efficiency for the past week, and mental health outcomes were examined. Lazarus and Folkman's stress and coping framework guided the study. Mental health and sleep were poorer for caregivers. Caregiving and appraisal of burden variables showed direct and indirect effects on mental health. However, caregiving and appraisal of burden variables were not significant for predicting sleep efficiency. Sleep efficiency was a good predictor of mental health in this sample of wife caregivers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	837-852
Number of pages	16
Journal	Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Volume	27
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840600840711
State	Published - Sep 1 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Phychiatric Mental Health

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Willette-Murphy, K., Todero, C., & Yeaworth, R. (2006). Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 27(8), 837-852. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840600840711

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