1 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2019 May;34(3):145-147. doi: 10.1177/1533317518813557. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
A recent paper (Riley, Evans and Oyebode, 2018) reported that a sense of discontinuity in carers' experience of their spousal relationship with a person with dementia is associated with a greater sense of burden and fewer rewards from the caregiving role. This commentary sets the paper in context by providing a brief overview of research relating to relationship continuity/discontinuity. Factors that may explain why some carers experience continuity but others discontinuity are reviewed. So, too, is the potential impact of continuity/discontinuity on how the carer copes with the challenges of dementia. Possible future research is discussed.
最近的一篇论文（Riley、Evans 和 Oyebode，2018）报告称，照顾者在与痴呆症患者的配偶关系中的体验存在不连续性，这与更大的负担感和更少的照顾角色回报有关。这篇评论通过简要概述与关系连续性/不连续性相关的研究，为该论文提供了背景。本文回顾了可能导致一些照顾者体验连续性而另一些照顾者体验不连续性的因素。此外，还探讨了连续性/不连续性对照顾者应对痴呆症挑战的影响。讨论了可能的未来研究。
