Aging & mental health
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Aging Ment Health
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Aging & mental health · Jan 2014
Multicenter StudyFamily caregivers' sleep disturbance and its associations with multilevel stressors when caring for patients with dementia.
We tested a stress process model of multilevel stressors on sleep disturbance for family caregivers (FCG) of persons with dementia (PWD). ⋯ This study supports the model that development of caregivers' sleep problems may depend on their depression, fatigue, and the synergistic effects of these two variables. These findings suggest that clinicians should educate FCGs about self-care and offer strategies for dealing with a cluster of symptoms when maintaining sleep hygiene.