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The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional evidence indicates that certain personality traits may influence how well people with dementia and their caregivers are able to live alongside the condition. However, no studies to date have explored these associations longitudinally. The present study aimed to explore wh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37280511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04075-x |
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author | Hunt, Anna Martyr, Anthony Gamble, Laura D. Morris, Robin G. Thom, Jeanette M. Pentecost, Claire Clare, Linda |
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description | BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional evidence indicates that certain personality traits may influence how well people with dementia and their caregivers are able to live alongside the condition. However, no studies to date have explored these associations longitudinally. The present study aimed to explore whether each of the Five-Factor personality traits were associated with change over two years in perceptions of ‘living well’ for people with dementia and their caregivers. ‘Living well’ was conceptualized as a composite of quality of life, satisfaction with life, and subjective well-being. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 1487 people with dementia and 1234 caregivers who took part in the IDEAL cohort. Participants were categorized into low, medium, and high groups for each trait using stanine scores. Latent growth curve models investigated associations between these groups and ‘living well’ scores for each trait at baseline and at 12 and 24 months. Covariates included cognition in people with dementia and stress in caregivers. A Reliable Change Index was calculated against which to evaluate changes in ‘living well’ scores over time. RESULTS: At baseline, neuroticism was negatively associated with ‘living well’ scores for people with dementia, while conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, and agreeableness were positively associated. For caregivers, neuroticism was negatively associated with ‘living well’ scores at baseline while conscientiousness and extraversion were positively associated. ‘Living well’ scores were mostly stable over time with no influence of personality traits on observed changes. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that personality traits, particularly neuroticism, have a meaningful impact on how people with dementia and caregivers rate their capability to ‘live well’ at baseline. Over time ‘living well’ scores for each personality trait group were largely stable. Studies utilizing longer follow-up periods and more appropriate measures of personality are needed to corroborate and extend the findings of the present study. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12877-023-04075-x. |
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spelling | pubmed-102427912023-06-07 The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme Hunt, Anna Martyr, Anthony Gamble, Laura D. Morris, Robin G. Thom, Jeanette M. Pentecost, Claire Clare, Linda BMC Geriatr Research BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional evidence indicates that certain personality traits may influence how well people with dementia and their caregivers are able to live alongside the condition. However, no studies to date have explored these associations longitudinally. The present study aimed to explore whether each of the Five-Factor personality traits were associated with change over two years in perceptions of ‘living well’ for people with dementia and their caregivers. ‘Living well’ was conceptualized as a composite of quality of life, satisfaction with life, and subjective well-being. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 1487 people with dementia and 1234 caregivers who took part in the IDEAL cohort. Participants were categorized into low, medium, and high groups for each trait using stanine scores. Latent growth curve models investigated associations between these groups and ‘living well’ scores for each trait at baseline and at 12 and 24 months. Covariates included cognition in people with dementia and stress in caregivers. A Reliable Change Index was calculated against which to evaluate changes in ‘living well’ scores over time. RESULTS: At baseline, neuroticism was negatively associated with ‘living well’ scores for people with dementia, while conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, and agreeableness were positively associated. For caregivers, neuroticism was negatively associated with ‘living well’ scores at baseline while conscientiousness and extraversion were positively associated. ‘Living well’ scores were mostly stable over time with no influence of personality traits on observed changes. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that personality traits, particularly neuroticism, have a meaningful impact on how people with dementia and caregivers rate their capability to ‘live well’ at baseline. Over time ‘living well’ scores for each personality trait group were largely stable. Studies utilizing longer follow-up periods and more appropriate measures of personality are needed to corroborate and extend the findings of the present study. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12877-023-04075-x. BioMed Central 2023-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10242791/ /pubmed/37280511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04075-x Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Hunt, Anna Martyr, Anthony Gamble, Laura D. Morris, Robin G. Thom, Jeanette M. Pentecost, Claire Clare, Linda The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme |
title | The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme |
title_full | The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme |
title_fullStr | The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme |
title_full_unstemmed | The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme |
title_short | The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme |
title_sort | associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the ideal programme |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37280511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04075-x |
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