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- Title
Association between caregiver depression and individual behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in Taiwanese patients.
- Authors
Huang, Si‐Sheng; Liao, Yi‐Cheng; Wang, Wen‐Fu
- Abstract
Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate caregiver depression associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in Taiwanese people. Methods A cross-sectional design was used in this study. Two hundred seventy-six pairs of patients with dementia and their caregivers who visited the memory clinic of a general hospital from July 2001 to October 2008 were recruited. Caregiver depression was evaluated with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale ( CES- D); the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia were evaluated using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Demographic data of the patients and caregivers, including cognitive functions and clinical dementia ratings, were collected. In addition to descriptive statistics, we examined the relationship between each parameter and caregiver depression using Pearson correlation, independent t-test, or analysis of variance. Results The results showed a statistically significant positive correlation between the total Neuropsychiatric Inventory score and CES- D score ( r = 0.345, P < 0.001) in the bivariate analyses. For individual behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, agitation/aggression, anxiety, nighttime behavior disturbances, irritability/lability, and hallucinations were the five leading symptoms significantly associated with caregiver depression ( CES- D). Discussion Carefully managing these symptoms is likely to reduce depression in dementia caregivers.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA patients; SYMPTOMS; PUBLIC health; MENTAL health
- Publication
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 3, p251
- ISSN
1758-5864
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/appy.12175