Long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of people with dementia and their family carers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Few studies have longitudinally mapped quality of life (QoL) trajectories of newly diagnosed people with dementia and their carers, particularly during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).

Methods

In a UK cohort study, 261 newly diagnosed people with dementia and 206 family carers were assessed prior to the pandemic (July 2019-March 2020), followed up after the first lockdown (July-October 2020) and then again a year and 2 years later. Latent growth curve modelling examined the level and change of QoL over the four time-points using dementia-specific QoL measures (DEMQOL and C-DEMQOL).

Results

Despite variations in individual change scores, our results suggest that generally people with dementia maintained their QoL during the pandemic and experienced som

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811518 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature