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Burden, anxiety and depressive symptoms in partners – course and predictors during the first two years after stroke.

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 Burden, anxiety and depressive symptoms in partners – course and predictors during the first two years after stroke.

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. Volume 30(6), Pgs. 533-542.

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Author(s): C ox, Vincent C. M., Welten, Jennifer J. E., Schepers, Vera P. M., Ketelaar, Marjolijn, Kruithof, Willeke J., van Heugten, Caroline M., Visser-Meily, Johanna M. A..
Publication Year: 2023.
Abstract: Study investigated the courses and predictors of burden, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in partners of patients with stroke during the first two years after stroke. A total of 215 patients with stroke and their partners recruited from 6 general hospital across the Netherlands were assessed at four time points during two years after stroke. Burden experienced by the partner was measured with the Caregiver Strain Index. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Mixed-model analyses were performed with burden, anxiety, and depressive symptoms as dependent variables in three separate models. The results showed that burden and depressive symptoms did not significantly change over time, whereas anxiety symptoms initially decreased followed by an increase. Higher burden was predicted by partners’ younger age, higher education, more symptoms of anxiety and depression, and by patients’ greater stroke severity, lower cognitive functioning and more symptoms of anxiety and depression. More anxiety symptoms were predicted by higher burden, more depressive symptoms, and lower self-efficacy of the partner. More depressive symptoms were predicted by older age, higher burden, rmore symptoms of anxiety, less proactive coping strategies of the partner, and more depressive symptoms of the patients. Findings suggest that burden, anxiety, and depressive symptoms are interrelated and become chronic in partners of patients with stroke. Therefore, it is important to screen partners early after stroke to identify partners who are at risk for negative outcomes.
Descriptor Terms: ANXIETY DISORDERS, CAREGIVERS, DEPRESSION, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, SPOUSES, STROKE.


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Citation: C ox, Vincent C. M., Welten, Jennifer J. E., Schepers, Vera P. M., Ketelaar, Marjolijn, Kruithof, Willeke J., van Heugten, Caroline M., Visser-Meily, Johanna M. A.. (2023.) Burden, anxiety and depressive symptoms in partners – course and predictors during the first two years after stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation., 30(6), Pgs. 533-542. Retrieved 2/23/2024, from REHABDATA database.

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