Activity patterns related to depression symptoms in stressed dementia caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Self-reported activity restriction is an established correlate of depression in dementia caregivers (dCGs). It is plausible that the daily distribution of objectively measured activity is also altered in dCGs with depression symptoms; if so, such activity characteristics could provide a passively measurable marker of depression or specific times to target preventive interventions. We therefore investigated how levels of activity throughout the day differed in dCGs with and without depression symptoms, then tested whether any such differences predicted changes in symptoms 6 months later.

Design, setting, participants, and measurements

We examined 56 dCGs (mean age = 71, standard deviation (SD) = 6.7; 68% female) and used clustering to identify subgroups which had d

SUBMITTER: Smagula SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature