Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers
Background: Many factors impact caregivers' cognitive health and, by extension, their ability to provide care. This study examined the relationship between psychosocial factors and cognitive performance among dementia caregivers and established a virtual cohort of caregivers for future research...
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| author | Corinna Lathan Angela S. Wallace Rita Shewbridge Nicole Ng Glenn Morrison Helaine E. Resnick |
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| description | Background: Many factors impact caregivers' cognitive health and, by extension, their ability to provide care. This study examined the relationship between psychosocial factors and cognitive performance among dementia caregivers and established a virtual cohort of caregivers for future research. Methods: Data on 527 caregivers were collected via a Web-based survey that assessed cognitive performance. Caregiver data were compared to corresponding data from 527 age-, race-, gender-, and education-matched controls from a normative database. Caregiver self-reported sleep, stress, health, and social support were also assessed. Results: Caregivers performed significantly worse than controls on 3 of 5 cognitive subtests. Stress, sleep, perceived support, self-rated health, years of caregiving, race, and gender were significant predictors of cognitive performance. Conclusion: In this sample of dementia caregivers, psychosocial factors interacted in complex ways to impact cognitive performance. Further investigation is needed to better understand how these factors affect cognitive performance among caregivers. This could be accomplished by the establishment of a virtual cohort that facilitates the development of digital tools to support the evaluation and management of caregiver needs in a manner that helps them remain effective in their caregiving roles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81daf9b82004496692fe642068cba7a42022-12-22T03:47:47ZengKarger PublishersDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra1664-54642016-03-01619810710.1159/000444390444390Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia CaregiversCorinna LathanAngela S. WallaceRita ShewbridgeNicole NgGlenn MorrisonHelaine E. ResnickBackground: Many factors impact caregivers' cognitive health and, by extension, their ability to provide care. This study examined the relationship between psychosocial factors and cognitive performance among dementia caregivers and established a virtual cohort of caregivers for future research. Methods: Data on 527 caregivers were collected via a Web-based survey that assessed cognitive performance. Caregiver data were compared to corresponding data from 527 age-, race-, gender-, and education-matched controls from a normative database. Caregiver self-reported sleep, stress, health, and social support were also assessed. Results: Caregivers performed significantly worse than controls on 3 of 5 cognitive subtests. Stress, sleep, perceived support, self-rated health, years of caregiving, race, and gender were significant predictors of cognitive performance. Conclusion: In this sample of dementia caregivers, psychosocial factors interacted in complex ways to impact cognitive performance. Further investigation is needed to better understand how these factors affect cognitive performance among caregivers. This could be accomplished by the establishment of a virtual cohort that facilitates the development of digital tools to support the evaluation and management of caregiver needs in a manner that helps them remain effective in their caregiving roles.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/444390Cognitive performanceCaregiversPsychosocial factorsDementiaVirtual cohort |
| spellingShingle | Corinna Lathan Angela S. Wallace Rita Shewbridge Nicole Ng Glenn Morrison Helaine E. Resnick Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra Cognitive performance Caregivers Psychosocial factors Dementia Virtual cohort |
| title | Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers |
| title_full | Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers |
| title_short | Cognitive Health Assessment and Establishment of a Virtual Cohort of Dementia Caregivers |
| title_sort | cognitive health assessment and establishment of a virtual cohort of dementia caregivers |
| topic | Cognitive performance Caregivers Psychosocial factors Dementia Virtual cohort |
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