Intrusion and avoidance as Stress Response Symptoms in family carers of patient suffering from dementia
Ingun Ulstein, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Knut Engedal
Bok Engelsk 2007
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| Opplysninger | Abstract:Aims: To explore intrusion and avoidance in famly carers of dementia patiens. We studied 196 family carers of 196 home-dwelling dementia patients. Carers were assessed by the Impact of Events Scale (IES), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Distress scale of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-D), and patients with the Mini Menta State Examination (MMSE), the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD), and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Results: Twenty careres (10%) scored above 19 on the intrusion and avoidance subscales of the IES, whereas 90 (47%) scored above 8 on both subscales. This moderate to high stres response was independently explained by being a spouse (OR 3.74 (95% CI 1.81 - 7.74)), high scores on GDS (OR 1.12 (95% CI 1.06 - 1.18) per unit increase) and high score on NPI-D (OR 1.05 (95% CI 1.01 - 1.09) per unit increas). Conclusions: Family carers of patients with demntia experience moderate to high levels of intrusion and avodiance
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