TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
AU - Willette-Murphy, Karen
AU - Todero, Catherine
AU - Yeaworth, Rosalee
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge Kathryn Lee, PhD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco for her review of this manuscript. The assistance of Greg Asher, PhD, Minnesota State University, Mankato and Walter Groteluschen as well as the support from Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Center (AG08031) Rochester, MN, University of Nebraska-Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha NE and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN are genuinely appreciated.
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Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/9/1
Y1 - 2006/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840600840711
DO - 10.1080/01612840600840711
M3 - Article
C2 - 16938787
AN - SCOPUS:33748642194
VL - 27
SP - 837
EP - 852
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
SN - 0161-2840
IS - 8
ER -