Is Depression in Alzheimer’s Caregivers Really Due to Activity Restriction? A Preliminary Mediational Test of the Activity Restriction Model
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This study is a preliminary examination of the Activity Restriction Model of depressive symptoms. A total of 16 elderly Alzheimer's caregivers and 9 non-caregivers completed measures of activity restriction and depressive symptoms. Mediation was tested using the Sobel test with bootstrapping procedures. Results indicated that caregivers experienced significant elevations in depressive symptoms and activity restriction relative to non-caregivers (p<0.05). Activity restriction significantly mediated the relationship between caregiving status and depressive symptoms (z=2.29, p=0.031), accounting for 86% of this relationship. Behavioral interventions for depression might be particularly relevant for Alzheimer's caregivers to reduce activity restriction and, thus, depressive symptoms.
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Employment provides more opportunities for caregivers to experience life outside caregiving, which could be explained by the activity restriction model.
“Employment provides more opportunities for caregivers to experience ‘life outside caregiving’, which could be explained by the activity restriction model [112,113].”
From Relationship of Psychological Flexibility and Mindfulness to Caregiver Burden, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Caregivers of People with Dementia (2023) · cites this paper as [112]
The Introduction (page not provided) describes caregiving as restricting family, social, and recreational activities. The Discussion (page not provided) reports that activity restriction mediated the relationship between caregiving status and depressive symptoms. The paper does not examine employment or show that it gives caregivers more opportunities for life outside caregiving. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Alzheimer's Association and National Alliance for Caregiving Families Care: Alzheimer's Caregiving in the United States. 2004 [Google Scholar]
- Authors
- Mausbach, B. T., Patterson, T. L., & Grant, I.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mausbach, Brent T.
- Venue
- Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-12
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 459-466
- ISSN
- 0005-7916 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2631420
- OpenAlex
- W2064155423
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 3.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG015301, F32AG023989, AG 15301, AG 23989)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, caregivers, caregiver depression, activity limitation, depressive symptoms, mediation, elderly caregivers, behavioral interventions
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Alzheimer Disease, Attitude to Health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Home Nursing, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Social Behavior, Stress, Psychological, Geriatric Assessment, Caregivers, Cost of Illness, Control Groups
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