DEMENTIA STAGING, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS, AND DIVORCE OR SEPARATION IN LATE LIFE: A CASE CONTROL STUDY
Joan Monin, Gail McAvay, Emma Zang, Brent Vander Wyck, Carmen Carrión, Heather Allore · 2023
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Joan Monin and five co-authors ask whether dementia and its behavioral symptoms strain marriages to the breaking point in late life. Dementia brings caregiving load, loss of closeness, and money pressure. The team used a national Alzheimer's research dataset covering 2007 to 2021 from thirty-seven United States centers. They identified two hundred ninety-one married participants whose first divorce or separation came during follow-up, and matched each with five similar controls still married.
Later dementia stage was linked to lower odds of divorce or separation, an unexpected direction. But stronger behavioral symptoms told the opposite story. Higher overall symptom scores raised the odds, and three symptoms stood out: agitation and aggression, low mood, and loss of inhibition. The authors suggest that treating these symptoms may be a way to protect couples' relationships. They note the data come from research centers, so results may not cover all families.
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| CREATOR | Joan Monin, Gail McAvay, Emma Zang, Brent Vander Wyck, Carmen Carrión, Heather Allore |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |