Rabins P V, Fitting M D, Eastham J, Zabora J
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Age Ageing. 1990 May;19(3):185-90. doi: 10.1093/ageing/19.3.185.
Thirty-two care-givers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and 30 care-givers of persons with recurrent metastatic cancer were interviewed three times over a 2-year period. Both groups showed a decline in anxiety and negative mood while dementia care-givers also experienced a decline in anger. A multiple regression analysis revealed that care-giver neuroticism, self-reported low strength of religious beliefs and anger explained 54% of the variance of the negative affect balance score at 2-year follow-up while higher number of social contacts at index interview and strong self-reported religious faith explained 43% of the variance of positive affect balance.
在两年时间里，对32名阿尔茨海默病患者的照料者和30名复发性转移性癌症患者的照料者进行了三次访谈。两组的焦虑和负面情绪均有所下降，而痴呆症患者的照料者愤怒情绪也有所下降。多元回归分析显示，照料者的神经质、自我报告的宗教信仰强度低和愤怒情绪解释了随访两年时负面情绪平衡得分方差的54%，而初次访谈时较多的社交接触和强烈的自我报告宗教信仰解释了正面情绪平衡方差的43%。
