Psychosocial stress and anxiety in senile dementia
M. Orrell
Bok Engelsk 1996
| Utgitt | 1996
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| Omfang | Side 165- 173
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| Opplysninger | Seventy dementia patients in hospital and two control groupscomprising 50 dementia sufferers in the community and 50 mentally fitelderly people, were investigated to determine which social factorssuch as life events were associated with the presence of anxietysymptoms. Very high levels of social contact, problems In the patient-carer relationship and high physical dependency were all associatedwith anxiety in the dementia sufferers. Independent severe threatlife events were associated with anxiety in the dementia patientgroup. Multivariate analyses suggested that this link was mediated bydepressive symptoms. The results suggest a number of social factorsmay lead to anxiety in dementia sufferers. This has implications forunderstanding how social factors relate to psychopathology indementia. Clinicians should be more aware of anxiety in dementia andconsider how social interventions may help reduce and alleviatedistress.
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