Positive Affect and Sleep in Spousal Alzheimer Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study

Positive Affect and Sleep in Spousal Alzheimer Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study Short title: Positive Affect and Sleep in Dementia Caregivers

Positive affect and sleep in spousal Alzheimer caregivers: a longitudinal study.

This article examines the longitudinal relation between positive affect (PA) and sleep in 126 spousal Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Caregivers underwent 4 yearly assessments for the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the self-rated Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and actigraphy to objectify nighttime total sleep time, wake after sleep onset, and percentage of sleep. Increased levels of PA...

Relationship satisfaction and emotional language in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease patients and spousal caregivers.

We studied the impact of 2 types of dementia on marital satisfaction and on the emotional language that spouses use during conflictive marital interactions. Fifteen frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and 16 Alzheimer disease (AD) patient-caregiver couples, and 21 control couples, discussed a relationship problem in a laboratory setting. Marital satisfaction was assessed through questionnaire, and em...

Positive affect and sleep: A systematic review.

A sizeable literature has implicated sleep in the phenomenological experience of various mood disorders, vulnerability to psychopathology, and overall poor psychological functioning. By contrast, positive affective states (e.g., joy, happiness, vigor, positive mood) that may contribute to sleep have been understudied. This systematic review integrates findings from cross-sectional, longitudinal...

Spousal caregivers of dementia victims: longitudinal changes in immunity and health.

Providing long-term care for a demented relative profoundly affects caregivers' lives. We assessed changes in depression, immune function, and health in 69 spousal caregivers who had already been caregiving for an average of five years and 69 sociodemographically matched control subjects. Between the initial sample ("intake") and the follow-up data collected an average of 13 months later, careg...