Caring for someone with parkinson's disease: factors that contribute to distress
E. Miller
Bok Engelsk
| Utgitt | E Miller Univ Leicester Dept Psychol Leicest
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| Opplysninger | An investigation into the impact of caring for someone with Parkinson's disease is described. Informal carers, in this case spouses, were found to have raised levels of psychological distress as indicated by a number of instruments. Levels of depression in the sufferer emerged as offering the best prediction of distress in the carer, which raises the potential importance of treating depression in those with Parkinson's disease. Contrary to expectations, an index of potential social support did not predict carer distress and this may have been because the extent of social contact with others was so low as to not allow it to be a differentiating factor.
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