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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Perrin, Paul B.a | Morgan, Matthewa | Aretouli, Elenib | Sutter, Megana | Snipes, Daniel J.a | Hoyos, Guillermo Ramirezc | Buraye, Jacqueline Arabiac; * | Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlosb; d
Affiliations: [a] Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA | [b] Department of Psychology, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain | [c] Alzheimer Foundation, Cali, Colombia | [d] IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Ph.D., IKERBASQUE Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Deusto, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain. Tel.: +34 608925426; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Research in Caucasian populations has begun to examine the broad associations between physical and mental health in dementia caregivers. However, the examination of this relationship in Latin America is largely absent from the literature despite the fact that the region will see a major increase in dementia cases over the next 20 years. The current study examined the associations between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and mental health in 90 dementia caregivers from Colombia, South America. A canonical correlation found that higher caregiver HRQOL was related to better mental health, as expected. Caregivers with high vitality and low role limitations due to physical problems tended to have low depression and high satisfaction with life. Follow-up multiple regressions found that caregiver role limitations due to physical problems was uniquely associated with satisfaction with life, whereas vitality, role limitations due to physical problems, and pain were uniquely associated with burden (although the pain effect was likely error due to a suppressor effect). Additionally, vitality and social functioning were uniquely negatively related to depression. Because of the extremely high overlap between these two sets of variables, dementia interventions are needed in Latin America that target both caregiver mental and physical health, as both likely operate in unison and influence each other.
Keywords: Dementia caregivers, health related quality of life, Latin America, mental health
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130764
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 499-509, 2014
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