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Chronic Stress, Social Isolation, and Perceived Loneliness in Dementia Caregivers
Mariya Kovaleva, Sydney Spangler, Carolyn Clevenger, Kenneth Hepburn. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2018-04-19
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Plain-language summary
Caregivers of individuals with dementia are at risk for chronic stress and social isolation. These exogenous factors may lead to perceived stress and perceived loneliness-psychosocial endogenous (subjective) elements of caregiving experience. Chronic stress and perceived loneliness may disrupt neuroendocrine and neuroimmunological regulation, creating low-grade systemic inflammation, promoting proinflammatory gene expression, and expediting cellular aging (endogenous physiological factors). These disturbances may enhance caregivers' risk for chronic conditions of inflammatory pathogenesis. Thus, caregivers' perceived stress and perceived loneliness may form a symptom cluster that can serve as a marker of risks for physical and mental illness. Due to the overwhelming reliance on family caregivers within the increasing population of individuals with dementia, it is essential that clinicians inquire about caregivers' perceived stress and perceived loneliness, are competent in supporting and educating caregivers, and are knowledgeable about specific resources for caregivers. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56(10), 36-43.].
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Kovaleva, M., Spangler, S., Clevenger, C., & Hepburn, K. (2018). Chronic Stress, Social Isolation, and Perceived Loneliness in Dementia Caregivers. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20180329-04
Vancouver
Kovaleva M, Spangler S, Clevenger C, Hepburn K. Chronic Stress, Social Isolation, and Perceived Loneliness in Dementia Caregivers. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services. 2018. doi:10.3928/02793695-20180329-04. PMID: 29667698.
BibTeX
@article{kovaleva2018-29667698,
author = {Kovaleva, Mariya and Spangler, Sydney and Clevenger, Carolyn and Hepburn, Kenneth},
title = {{Chronic Stress, Social Isolation, and Perceived Loneliness in Dementia Caregivers}},
journal = {Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.3928/02793695-20180329-04},
pmid = {29667698},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20180329-04}
}
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Key findings
- These exogenous factors may lead to perceived stress and perceived loneliness-psychosocial endogenous (subjective) elements of caregiving experience.
- Chronic stress and perceived loneliness may disrupt neuroendocrine and neuroimmunological regulation, creating low-grade systemic inflammation, promoting proinflammatory gene expression, and expediting cellular aging (endogenous physiological factors).
- These disturbances may enhance caregivers' risk for chronic conditions of inflammatory pathogenesis.
- Thus, caregivers' perceived stress and perceived loneliness may form a symptom cluster that can serve as a marker of risks for physical and mental illness.
- Due to the overwhelming reliance on family caregivers within the increasing population of individuals with dementia, it is essential that clinicians inquire about caregivers' perceived stress and perceived loneliness, are competent in supporting and educating caregivers, and are knowledgeable about specific resources for caregivers. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56(10), 36-43.].
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- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 39/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multicenter collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 22 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 39 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2018 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 29667698) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 22 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 22 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 39 out of 100. |
| Total | 39 / 100 | — |
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