Impact of family function on psychological distress and its threshold effect in informal caregivers of elderly people with dementia
Yi-xin Wang, Fan Zhang, Chong-qing Shi, Jing Shao · 2025
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Yi-xin Wang and co-authors study family life and stress in people who care for older relatives with dementia, in a 2025 paper. The work tests a model that predicts a curved link: both very loose and very tight family patterns might raise stress. The team surveyed 267 patients and their family caregivers.
Caregivers filled out scales on family function and on their own mental distress. Better family function went with lower distress overall. The link held only up to a family score of 140; above that point, distress stopped falling. The authors propose that score as a cutoff for sorting caregivers into tiers of support. Families below the line may need the most help to protect caregiver health.
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| CREATOR | Yi-xin Wang, Fan Zhang, Chong-qing Shi, Jing Shao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |