Clipp E C, George L K
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Durham VA Medical Center, NC 27705.
Gerontologist. 1993 Aug;33(4):534-41. doi: 10.1093/geront/33.4.534.
Can prominent themes that have emerged in dementia caregiving research be extrapolated to caregivers of persons with other chronic illnesses such as cancer? To answer this question, the present study compared 272 spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers with 30 spouse caregivers of cancer victims on multiple indicators of well-being. Group contrasts using MANOVA revealed that dementia caregivers were more adversely affected by their role than cancer caregivers. Illness duration and caregivers' employment status did not help to explain this difference, yet caregiver age was a robust covariate. Specifically, younger spouse caregivers were significantly more compromised than older spouse providers.
痴呆症护理研究中出现的突出主题能否外推到其他慢性病患者（如癌症患者）的护理人员身上？为了回答这个问题，本研究在多个幸福指标上对272名痴呆症患者的配偶护理人员和30名癌症患者的配偶护理人员进行了比较。使用多变量方差分析的组间对比显示，痴呆症护理人员比癌症护理人员受其角色的负面影响更大。疾病持续时间和护理人员的就业状况无法解释这种差异，但护理人员的年龄是一个有力的协变量。具体而言，年轻的配偶护理人员比年长的配偶护理人员受到的影响明显更大。
