Kyrsten Costlow1, Patricia A Parmelee1. 1. Alabama Research Institute on Aging and Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Abstract
Objectives: The current aims were to explore the effects of relocation stress on depression and anxiety in long-term care residents and to investigate the moderating effect of cognitive status. Methods: The study used existing data from nursing home and congregate apartment residents. Self-reported measures of relocation stress, cognitive status, depression, and anxiety were examined. Exploratory analyses examined group differences in depression and anxiety within the full sample (n = 568) and the sample of first-year residents (n = 347). Main analyses were conducted in a subsample of 107 first-year residents who completed the measure of relocation stress. Results: Residents who had moved in the past year reported more anxiety but not depression than longer-term residents. Relocation stress significantly predicted depression but not anxiety in the subsample of first-year residents. There was no significant effect of cognitive status or the interaction of cognitive status and relocation stress on depression and anxiety. Conclusion: Findings suggest that cognitively impaired older adults are no more vulnerable to the negative effects of relocation stress than cognitively unimpaired older adults. Relocation stress should be regarded as a risk factor for depression in long-term care residents, regardless of cognitive status, in the first year after relocation.
Objectives: The current aims were to explore the effects of relocation stress on depression and anxiety in long-term care residents and to investigate the moderating effect of cognitive status. Methods: The study used existing data from nursing home and congregate apartment residents. Self-reported measures of relocation stress, cognitive status, depression, and anxiety were examined. Exploratory analyses examined group differences in depression and anxiety within the full sample (n = 568) and the sample of first-year residents (n = 347). Main analyses were conducted in a subsample of 107 first-year residents who completed the measure of relocation stress. Results: Residents who had moved in the past year reported more anxiety but not depression than longer-term residents. Relocation stress significantly predicted depression but not anxiety in the subsample of first-year residents. There was no significant effect of cognitive status or the interaction of cognitive status and relocation stress on depression and anxiety. Conclusion: Findings suggest that cognitively impaired older adults are no more vulnerable to the negative effects of relocation stress than cognitively unimpaired older adults. Relocation stress should be regarded as a risk factor for depression in long-term care residents, regardless of cognitive status, in the first year after relocation.
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Keywords:
Relocation; anxiety; dementia and cognitive disorders; depression; institutional care
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