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A STUDY ON THE COMPARISON OF STRESS INDEX OF DEMENTED OLDER ADULTS AND THE PAIN OF THE MAIN CAREGIVER

The purpose of this study was to compare the stress and fatigue index between the demented older adults and the non-demented older adults and to identify the correlation between the behavioral psychological symptoms of the demented older adults and the pain of the main caregiver. A total of 100 part...

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Autores principales: Kim, Sujin, Cho, Eunhee, Sinwoo, Hwang, Kwon, Eunji
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6844940/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.412
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author Kim, Sujin
Cho, Eunhee
Sinwoo, Hwang
Kwon, Eunji
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Sinwoo, Hwang
Kwon, Eunji
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description The purpose of this study was to compare the stress and fatigue index between the demented older adults and the non-demented older adults and to identify the correlation between the behavioral psychological symptoms of the demented older adults and the pain of the main caregiver. A total of 100 participants(80 demented older adults and 20 non-demented older adults) were selected. The demented older adults, who visited hospital neurology as an outpatient, were paired up with the caregivers who provided the care for the demented older adults. The non-demented older adults who had normal cognitive function without limitation in a daily life and scored MMSE of 24 or higher were selected. The stress and fatigue index were measured by using an autonomic nervous system analyzer that measures heart rate variability(HRV), and structured questionnaires were used to examine behavioral psychological symptoms. The collected data were analyzed by using Independent t-test and Pearson’s correlations analysis. The result of the analysis showed that average score of the demented older adults had higher stress index than the control group(non-demented older adults), which was statistically significant(t=3.350, p=.001). In addition, the result indicated the statistically significant positive correlation between the behavioral psychological symptoms of demented older adults and the level of pain of main caregivers (r=0.89, p=<.001). The results of this study suggest that managing both the physical and psychological aspects of the stress in the main caregivers is necessary, as well as the development of stress management program for the demented older adults.
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spelling pubmed-68449402019-11-18 A STUDY ON THE COMPARISON OF STRESS INDEX OF DEMENTED OLDER ADULTS AND THE PAIN OF THE MAIN CAREGIVER Kim, Sujin Cho, Eunhee Sinwoo, Hwang Kwon, Eunji Innov Aging Session 840 (Poster) The purpose of this study was to compare the stress and fatigue index between the demented older adults and the non-demented older adults and to identify the correlation between the behavioral psychological symptoms of the demented older adults and the pain of the main caregiver. A total of 100 participants(80 demented older adults and 20 non-demented older adults) were selected. The demented older adults, who visited hospital neurology as an outpatient, were paired up with the caregivers who provided the care for the demented older adults. The non-demented older adults who had normal cognitive function without limitation in a daily life and scored MMSE of 24 or higher were selected. The stress and fatigue index were measured by using an autonomic nervous system analyzer that measures heart rate variability(HRV), and structured questionnaires were used to examine behavioral psychological symptoms. The collected data were analyzed by using Independent t-test and Pearson’s correlations analysis. The result of the analysis showed that average score of the demented older adults had higher stress index than the control group(non-demented older adults), which was statistically significant(t=3.350, p=.001). In addition, the result indicated the statistically significant positive correlation between the behavioral psychological symptoms of demented older adults and the level of pain of main caregivers (r=0.89, p=<.001). The results of this study suggest that managing both the physical and psychological aspects of the stress in the main caregivers is necessary, as well as the development of stress management program for the demented older adults. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6844940/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.412 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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