Anxiety and depression associated with caregiver burden in caregivers of stroke survivors with spasticity

Big Whoopee.
Survey research!!!  A much better use of time and brainpower would be to solve the spasticity problem, not just write papers on how it affects patients and caregivers. A great stroke association would never sponsor such lazy research.
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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 94(9) , Pgs. 1731-1736.

NARIC Accession Number: J67139.  What's this?
ISSN: 0003-9993.
Author(s): Denno, Melissa S.; Gillard, Patrick J.; Graham, Glenn D.; DiBonaventura, Marco D.; Goren, Amir; Varon, Sepi F.; Zorowitz, Richard.
Publication Year: 2013.
Number of Pages: 6.
Abstract: Study investigated the relationship between anxiety/depression and caregiver burden in informal caregivers of stroke survivors with spasticity. Data were collected via online surveys from 153 informal caregivers 18 years or older who cared for stroke survivors. Anxiety and depression were self-reported by the caregiver as a physician diagnosis. Depression severity was measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Caregiver burden was measured by the Oberst Caregiving Burden Scale (OCBS) and the Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale (BCOS). Logistic regression analyses were conducted with anxiety, depression, and the PHQ-9 depression severity categories as a result of each caregiver burden scale. Results showed that for every 1-point increase in the OCBS Difficulty Scale, the odds of anxiety or depression were 2.57 times as great and 1.88 times as great, respectively. The odds of PHQ-9 severe depression versus all other categories combined were 2.48 times as great. For every 1-point decrease in the BCOS, the odds of anxiety or depression were 2.43 times as great and 2.27 times as great, respectively. The odds of PHQ-9 severe depression versus all other categories combined were 4.55 times as great. The findings suggest that as caregiver burden increases, caregivers are more likely to have anxiety and depression. Depression severity also increases. Providing treatment to stroke survivors with spasticity that lessens the time and the difficulty of caregiving may lead to a reduction in caregiver anxiety and depression.
Descriptor Terms: ANXIETY DISORDERS, CAREGIVERS, DEPRESSION, SPASTICITY, STROKE.

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