Mental and physical health of caregiving spouses: Development of a causal model

R. A. Pruchno; M. H. Kleban; J. E. Michaels; N. P. Dempsey

doi:10.1093/geronj/45.5.P192

Mental and physical health of caregiving spouses: Development of a causal model

R. A. Pruchno, M. H. Kleban, J. E. Michaels, N. P. Dempsey

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This study modeled the casual relationship between physical health and depression among a sample of 315 people providing home care for a spouse who had been diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease. In addition to significant stability paths and correlations among variables at any point in time, significant lagged paths were found in which depression (1) predicted physical health (2), depression (2) predicted physical health (3), and depression (1) predicted burden (2). Contrasting the overall model for husband and wife caregivers over a 6-month period indicated that the model was significant for wives but not for husbands.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	P192-P199
Journal	Journals of Gerontology
Volume	45
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/45.5.P192
State	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

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