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Caregiver rating bias in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease: Impact of caregiver burden and depression on dyadic rating discrepancy across domains

Date

Authors

Pfeifer, Livia

Drobetz, Reinhard

Fankhouser, Sonja

Mortby, Moyra

Maercker, Andreas

Forstmeier, Simon

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Background: Caregivers of individuals with dementia are biased in their rating of mental health measures o. The care receiver. This study examines caregiver burden and depression as predictors of this bias for mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer'

Keywords

Keywords: adult; aged; Alzheimer disease; apathy; Apathy Evaluation Scale; article; Bayer Activities of Daily Living Scale; caregiver; caregiver burden; controlled study; daily life activity; depression; disease severity; Epidemiologic Study Depression Scale; femal Alzheimer's disease; Anosognosia; Caregiver; Dyadic data; Mild cognitive impairment; Rating discrepancy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74590

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

International Psychogeriatrics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/S1041610213000562

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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