悲伤
痴呆
家庭照顾者
心理学
萧条(经济学)
临床心理学
贝克抑郁量表
照顾负担
情绪健康
精神科
创伤性悲伤
疾病
老年学
医学
心理健康
焦虑
经济
病理
宏观经济学
作者
María Crespo,Ana T. Piccini,Mónica Bernaldo-de-Quirós
出处
期刊:Spanish Journal of Psychology
[Cambridge University Press]
日期:2013-01-01
卷期号:16
被引量:10
摘要
Abstract Several researchers have found that caring for relatives with dementia has negative consequences on the caregiver’s physical and emotional health during the caregiving period. However, less attention has been paid to caregiver´s emotional state after the patient´s death. The aims of this study are 1) to evaluate the emotional state of the Spanish former caregivers after the care recipient death, and 2) to analyze the patient’s death circumstances and their influence in the current emotional state of caregivers. The sample was composed of 50 former caregivers of relatives diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The dependent variables were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief. Most of the caregivers did not develop a complicated grief or depressive symptoms. However, caregivers are not uniform in their responses to bereavement. Specifically, grief was higher in spouses than in adult child, even after controlling the effect of gender and age. Furthermore, this study provides first evidence of the positive relationship between saying good-bye to the patient and caregivers’ emotional status.
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